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Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Presents a biographical sketch of Belgian-born American chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944), provided by the National Inventors Hall of Fame. States that Baekeland is noted for his research in electric insulation, synthetic resins, and plastics. Explains that Baekeland discovered the synthetic resin, Bakelite.
Beyond Bakelite
The changing relationships between science and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, illustrated by the career of the “father of plastics.” The Belgian-born American chemist, inventor, and entrepreneur Leo Baekeland (1863–1944) is best known for his invention of the first synthetic plastic—his near-namesake Bakelite—which had applications ranging from electrical insulators to Art Deco jewelry. Toward the end of his career, Baekeland was called the “father of plastics”—given credit for the establishment of a sector to which many other researchers, inventors, and firms inside and outside the United States had also made significant contributions. In Beyo...
100+ Years of Plastics
A history of Leo Baekeland and his Bakelite synthesis--the starting point of the Age of Plastics
Phenolic Resins: A Century of Progress
The legacy of Leo Hendrik Baekeland and his development of phenol formal- hyde resins are recognized as the cornerstone of the Plastics Industry in the early twentieth century, and phenolic resins continue to ?ourish after a century of robust growth. On July 13, 1907, Baekeland ?led his “heat and pressure” patent related to the processing of phenol formaldehyde resins and identi?ed their unique utility in a plethora of applications. The year 2010 marks the Centennial Year of the prod- tion of phenolic resins by Leo Baekeland. In 1910, Baekeland formed Bakelite GmbH and launched the manufacture of phenolic resins in Erkner in May 1910. In October 1910, General Bakelite began producing res...
