Baekeland, Leo

Bom in St. Martens-Latem, Belgium, Leo Hendrick Baekeland was the son of a cobbler (Karel Baekeland) and a housemaid (Rosalia Merchie). He [Pg.100]

Baekeland earned many honors and awards, including the Franklin Medal of the Franklin Institute (1940), and the Perkin Medal (1916) and Messel Medal (1938) of the Society of the Chemical Industry. He was also elected president of the Chemists Club of New York (1904) the American Electrochemical Society (1909) the American Institute of Chemical Engi- [Pg.102]

Baekeland, Leo Hendrik. Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 3, 1941-45, Charles Scribnerfs Sons, New York, 1973, pp. 25-27. [Pg.201]

Bettmann/Corbis. Reproduced by permission p. 97 Avery, Oswald (with petri dish), photograph. AP/Wide World Photos, Inc. Reproduced by permission p. 101 Baekeland, Leo, standing in laboratory, photograph. Brown Brothers, Sterling, PA. Reproduced by permission p. 110 ... [Pg.265]

Anfinsen, Christian Arrhenius, Svante Avery, Oswald Avogadro, Amedeo Baekeland, Leo Balmer, Johann Jakob Bardeen, John Becquerel, Antoine-Henri Berg, Paul... [Pg.308]

Baekeland, Leo H. (1863-1944). Invented phenolfor-maldehyde plastic (1907), the first completely synthetic resin (Bakelite). [Pg.1365]

Most plastics can be recycled. Even mixed plastic waste can be recycled into artificial lumber or particleboard. Plastic wood is easy to saw, and it has better resistance to adverse weather and insects than real wood. SEE ALSO Baekeland, Leo Carothers, Wallace Goodyear, Charles Staudinger, Hermann Nylon Polymers, Synthetic. [Pg.965]

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