Materials
1. G-10
ID: a10424e7-6e2d-4f4f-a232-53359d785e00 CREATED: <2025-06-07 Sat 17:24> AKA: garolite–
- high-pressure fiberglass laminate created by stacking layers of glass cloth soaked in epoxy resin and compressing under heat until cured
- similar to carbon fiber but less expensive
- non-metallic
2. Bakelite
ID: 162f375b-e3f5-414a-bfd4-939df34290bd CREATED: <2025-06-07 Sat 17:27>
- polyoxybenzylmethyleneglycolanhydride
- thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin
- formed from a condensation reaction of phenol and formaldehyde
- first plastic made from synthetic components
- developed by Leo Baekeland in Yonkers NY in 1907, patented 1909