Leo Hendrik Baekeland by James Monroe https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t Made the Fantastic Plastic en-us 2019-05-10 23:08:49 UTC 2024-07-16 02:17:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/380486843/295d4afb16608aa3aefe43f9736eff55/Unknown.jpg Leo Hendrik Baekeland jm155664 https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359051242 He made plastic which gives us the best stuff. He also made Velox Photographic paper and Bakelite]]> 2019-05-10 23:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359051242 Leo Hendrik Baekeland jm155664 https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359053656 2019-05-10 23:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359053656 Why Did He Do It? jm155664 https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359069546  Baekeland had been searching for a synthetic substitute for shellac, a natural electrical insulator, to meet the needs of the rapidly electrifying United States.]]> 2019-05-11 02:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359069546 How Did He Do It? jm155664 https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359113323 He combined phenol and formaldehyde. He made a fantastic discovery which made our plastic today.]]> 2019-05-11 14:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359113323 Where Did He Do It? jm155664 https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359113620 He did it in New York City. While trying to made a plastic out of beetle skin.]]> 2019-05-11 14:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359113620 Plastic jm155664 https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359113827 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Made our fantastic plastic which can make basically anything that we can thing of.]]> 2019-05-11 14:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359113827 When Did He Make It? jm155664 https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359114361 He made it in 1907.]]> 2019-05-11 14:50:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jm155664/o4e9vzg5ch3t/wish/359114361