Making bakelite plastic (Part 1)

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• JO

  @joshua572 · 8 years ago

  "I tried several times to get it to explode" got to love these chemists.

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• EF

  @efenedick1305 · 1 year ago

  The knowledge that there's a machine out there called "the Bakelizer" that looks like a steampunk bomb but just makes cool plastic brings a smile to my face

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• TH

  @thescrimble · 6 years ago (edited)

  &quot;If someone gave this to me and said nothing, I would probably try to eat it&quot;<br><br>-Nile 2017

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• SL

  @slook7094 · 4 years ago (edited)

  When I took industrial hygiene, my teacher showed us a formaldehyde detector and told us that he&apos;d demonstrate it but that there&apos;s not likely any formaldehyde nearby us. I raised my hand and asked if there was any bakelite nearby, because that should have formaldehyde. He was surprised that I knew about that and said that he had a battery case or something made of black bakelite. So we set the monitor next to it and it worked! It detected a little bit of formaldehyde!

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• TH

  @theolddeus9672 · 9 years ago

  Bakelite pool balls are pure auditory perfection.

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• HE

  @hedgehogeli · 7 years ago

  NileRed: is chemist<br>Also NileRed: jams bakelite back into mold in the <b>*wrong orientation*</b>

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• GM

  @gmc9753 · 9 years ago

  When I was in junior high I was really into chemistry and there was a chemistry book in the school library that had all sorts of dangerous experiments (mercury, nitric acid, fireworks) including making bakelite. This was back in the 70&apos;s.

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• AL

  @alanstarkie2001 · 5 years ago

  Even though it&apos;s an early form of synthetic material, Bakelite has a certain tactile and visual quality that modern plastics just haven&apos;t got. I remember that it had a strong smell though.

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• TH

  @theCodyReeder · 9 years ago

  wait... I have a bakalizer like thing!

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• MR

  @mr.conductor6168 · 7 years ago

  &quot;Release Bakelite into all passages and pipes up to Section 803!&quot;<br>I know I&apos;m not the only one...

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• JO

  @JohnViceman99 · 6 years ago

  Bakelite was also used to make Kalashnikov style magazines due to it being cheaper than steel and more durable than aluminum.

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• JA

  @jaqqikit10 · 7 years ago

  I spaced out for a bit and had a good chuckle when he said &quot;I turned off the toaster.&quot; Never thought &nbsp;a toaster would be used in science lol

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