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A printout of an Ask Yahoo! web page answering a reader's question about what Bakelite is. It describes Bakelite as an early synthetic plastic made from carbolic acid (or coal tar or phenol) and formaldehyde, and summarizes Leo Baekeland's invention and history of the material. The page carries a browser print date of 4/21/2001. unreviewed
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- Yahoo! Inc. (Ask Yahoo!)
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- Union Carbide documents, UC-5294
- Date
- October 2, 2000
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"What is Bakelite?." Ask Yahoo!, 2000.
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This is document UC-5294 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages.
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“Ask Yahoo!: "What is Bakelite?".” October 2, 2000. Union Carbide documents, UC-5294. Yahoo! Inc. (Ask Yahoo!). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-5294.
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