Q: Who invented Bakelite?

A Leo Hendrik Baekeland
B Bessie Blount
C Thomas Edison
D Charles Alderton

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Answer: A

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Bakelite or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, is an early plastic. It is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin, formed from a condensation reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. It was developed by the Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York, in 1907.

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