Question

What is Bakelite?give a reaction
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Answer 1

ʙᴀᴋᴇʟɪᴛᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴩᴏʟyᴍᴇʀ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴜᴩ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏɴᴏᴍᴇʀꜱ ᴩʜᴇɴᴏʟ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴀʟᴅᴇʜyᴅᴇ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴩʜᴇɴᴏʟ-ꜰᴏʀᴍᴀʟᴅᴇʜyᴅᴇ ʀᴇꜱɪɴ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴛʜᴇʀᴍᴏꜱᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴩᴏʟyᴍᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴅᴇɴꜱᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛᴀɴᴛꜱ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟʟᴇᴅ ᴀᴄɪᴅɪᴄ ᴏʀ ʙᴀꜱɪᴄ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴜᴍ ʀᴇꜱᴜʟᴛꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴏʀᴛʜᴏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴩᴀʀᴀ ʜyᴅʀᴏxyᴍᴇᴛʜyʟ ᴩʜᴇɴᴏʟꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴅᴇʀɪᴠᴀᴛɪᴠᴇꜱ.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Molded Bakelite forms in a condensation reaction of phenol and formaldehyde, with wood flour or asbestos fiber as a filler, under high pressure and heat in a time frame of a few minutes of curing. The result is a hard plastic material.