Leo Baekeland
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Leo Baekeland's Degrees
- PhD Chemistry Ghent University
Why Is Leo Baekeland Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Leo Hendrik Baekeland was a Belgian chemist. He is best known for the inventions of Velox photographic paper in 1893, and Bakelite in 1907. He has been called "The Father of the Plastics Industry" for his invention of Bakelite, an inexpensive, non-flammable and versatile plastic, which marked the beginning of the modern plastics industry.
Leo Baekeland's Published Works
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- The Synthesis, Constitution, and Uses of Bakelite. (1909) (137)
- Applied Chemistry (1944) (39)
- Science and Industry (1910) (36)
- Dreams and realities (1932) (21)
- On Soluble, Fusible, Resinous Condensation Products of Phenols and Formaldehyde. (1909) (20)
- Address of Acceptance: The Chemical Constitution of Resinous Phenolic Condensation Products. (1913) (16)
- Phenol Resins and Resinoids. (1925) (15)
- THE DISSOCIATION OF LEAD NITRATE.1 (1904) (8)
- Recent Developments in Bakelite. (1911) (8)
- Phenol-Formaldehyde Condensation Products. (1912) (7)
- PROSPECTS AND RETROSPECTS. (1924) (4)
- THE DANGER OF OVERSPECIALIZATION. (1907) (4)
- Impress of Chemistry upon Industry Bakelite, an Example (1935) (4)
- NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE: Condensation Products of Phenols and Formaldehyde (1911) (3)
- THE USE OF FLUORIDES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ALCOHOL. (1892) (3)
- Synthetic Phenol Resins (1916) (3)
- INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN. (1908) (2)
- Bakelite, a condensation product of phenols and formaldehyde, and its uses (2)
- Report of the Patent committee of the National research council, presented for the Committee by L. H. Baekeland, acting chairman. (2)
- Comments on the report of the investigation of the United States Patent Office (1)
- The United States Patent System, Its Use and Abuse. (1909) (1)
- The Abuses of Our Patent System. (1912) (1)
- Some aspects of industrial chemistry (1)
- Protection of Intellectual Property in Relation to Chemical Industry. (1)
- Dr. Hesse's Suggestion of Renewal Fees. (1919) (1)
- THE RECUPERATIVE POWER OF ITALIAN AND ENGLISH WORKMEN. (1907) (0)
- Correction - Report of the Patent Committee to the National Research Council (1919) (0)
- Eminent American Chemists (1924) (0)
- The career of a research chemist (1940) (0)
- NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE: Report of the Patent Committee to the National Research Council (1919) (0)
- EDWARD WESTON'S INVENTIONS. (1915) (0)
- EDITORIALS-Our Field (1924) (0)
- WELLCOME'S PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE RECORD. (1907) (0)
- The Recuperative Power of Italian and English Workmen (1907) (0)
- The Romance of Chemistry (Foster, William) (1927) (0)
- THE ENGINEER; HUMAN AND SUPERIOR DIRECTION OF POWER. (1921) (0)
- Leaders of Invention Tell What the World Needs Most (1932) (0)
- The Scientific Work of Morris Loeb (1914) (0)
- The Future of Chemical Industry in the United States. (1917) (0)
- ADDRESSES: Comments on the Report of the Investigation of the United States Patent Office. (1913) (0)
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