Computer graphics representation of the chemical structure of the bakelite monomer,the structural unit of a thermosetting plastic polymer. Thermosetting plastics or resins are condensation polymers composed of complex three-dimensional,cross-linked networks. Once polymerized,thermosetting plastics cannot be remoulded by heating - articles made in bakelite are hard and permanent. Bakelite,the first commercially- successful plastic,was discovered in the 1920's by the Belgian-born chemist Leo Baekeland whilst he was doing research on synthetic varnishes in the U.S. Image modelled using Chemical Design's Chem-X software | |
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