Baekeland was hardly alone in his quest for a better varnish. The shellac issue was one of the hot topics of chemical research at the turn of the century. The sole source of shellac was the excretions ...
A chemist named Leo Baekeland sought an alternative to shellac in 1907. His research led to Bakelite, the first synthetic ...
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