Developed by Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, NY, US, in 1907 and patented in 1909, the filled phenolic resin known as Bakelite was the first commercial composite material. Strong, ...
(MENAFN- GetNews) Plastics refer to materials primarily composed of resins (or monomers polymerized directly during processing), supplemented with additives such as plasticizers, fillers, lubricants, ...