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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Bakelite (TM)</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>phenolic</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>laminate</topic></related> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The original trademarked name for phenol-formaldehyde resin, but now used to refer to a range of different types of plastic. The method for manufacturing the original resin was devised in 1909 by L. H. Baekeland in the United States, and the name Bakelite is a registered trademark of the Union Carbide Corporation. It is a hard, infusible, and chemically resistant plastic, nonconductor of electricity, and used in electrical appliances, industrial applications, in molding and casting operations, as an adhesive, in paints, and in baked-enamel coatings. ]]></note></mads>