
Bakelite
nThe first truly synthetic polymers was Bakelite
that was
made by reacting phenol and formaldehyde. Discovered in
1905 by
Leo Baekeland.

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•Nylon and Bakelite were made from chemicals and the first synthetic
polymers.
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