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Discovery of Bakelite

Name: Discovery of Bakelite – Belgium factsheet records
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Belgium · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1907–1909Date range

1Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1907

Leo Hendrik Baekeland1907

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Develops the 1st all artificial plastic & calls it Bakelite

1909

Leo Hendrik Baekeland1909

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Baekeland patents bakelite

Names involved

Leo Hendrik Baekeland

Provenance

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