bakelite

English - Turkish

Definition of bakelite in English Turkish dictionary: bakalit; yapımında ve elektrik veya hararet tecridi için kullanılan bir çeşit plastik; (isim) bakalit; telefon ahizeleri v; plastik

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Definition of bakelite in English English dictionary: A heat-resisting chemically inert resin (an early thermosetting plastic) made from phenol and formaldehyde; Bakelite is a type of hard plastic that was used in the past for making things such as telephones and radios. a hard plastic used especially in the 1930s and 1940s to make things such as telephones and radios; The trademark applied to certain plastics, usually a synthetic resin formed by the combination of phenols and formaldehyde It is of the electrical and chemical resistance; a polymer produced by the condensation of phenol and formaldehyde; A synthetic patented in 1909, bakelite, also called catalin, was used in jewelry extensively during the U S Great Depression of the 1930's Bakelite can be molded, lathe-carved, and one color can be inlaid into another, as in polka dots The inlaid and carved pieces are especially popular with collectors today Watch for both outright repros, and later plastics from the last 20-30 years that might be mistaken for bakelite by the inexperienced; A type of plastic resin It is normally black or brown and was one of the very first plastics Invented in 1907 by a Belgian-American chemist, it began life in the electrical engineering industry but its properties made it perfect for everything from radios to telephones and light switches It was also used to make mass-produced copies of luxury ebony and ivory items, which had been previously the sole preserve of the rich It was very popular in the twenties, thirties and forties; Phenol formaldehyde resin An unmeltable transparent and easily colored plastic discovered by Leo Baekeland in 1909; a thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc; {i} trademark used for any of a group of synthetic resins and plastics found in a variety of manufactured articles