Editing Bakelite (section)

==Similar plastics==
* [[Catalin]] is also a phenolic resin, similar to Bakelite, but contains different mineral fillers that allow the production of light colors.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://wshu.org/post/catalin-crown-jewel-table-radios#stream/0 |title=Catalin: The Crown Jewel Of Table Radios |last=Litwinovich |first=Paul |date=January 6, 2015 |work=WSHU | publisher=[[Sacred Heart University]] |access-date=February 4, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* Condensites are similar thermoset materials having much the same properties, characteristics, and uses.<ref name="Carey2014">{{cite book|last=Carey|first=Charles W.|title=American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XKiGgl36bkgC&pg=PA13|access-date=February 4, 2018|date=May 14, 2014|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=9780816068838|page=13}}</ref>
* [[Crystalate]] is an early plastic.<ref name="ERS">{{cite encyclopedia
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 |title=Crystalate Gramophone Record Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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 |volume=1: A–L
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 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In turn citing "Andrews 1983/1984" for most of this information.</ref>
* [[Faturan]] is a phenolic resin, also similar to Bakelite, that turns red over time, regardless of its original color.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amber-island.com/2015/faturan-oxidization/ |title=Faturan Oxidization |last=Ibrahim |first=Jalal |date=May 27, 2015 |website=Amber Island Islamic Antiques & Arts |language=en-US |access-date=February 4, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Galalith]] is an early plastic derived from milk products.<ref name=ganoksin>{{cite web|url=http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/milk-stone.htm|title=Galalith – Jewelry Milk Stone|first=Christel |last=Trimborn|publisher=Ganoskin Jewelry Making Resources|date=August 2004|access-date=May 17, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Micarta]] is an early composite insulating plate that used Bakelite as a binding agent. It was developed in 1910 by the [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] Electric & Manufacturing Company, which put the new material to use for casting synthetic blades for Westinghouse electric fans.<ref name="Meikle1995">{{cite book|last=Meikle|first=Jeffrey L.|title=American Plastic: A Cultural History|url=https://archive.org/details/americanplasticc00meik|url-access=registration|access-date=February 4, 2018|year=1995|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=9780813522357|page=[https://archive.org/details/americanplasticc00meik/page/53 53]}}</ref>
* [[Novotext]] is a brand name for cotton textile-phenolic resin.<ref>{{cite journal|title="Novotext" Bearings|author=F. Armbruster|year=1935|page=1107|journal=Science Abstracts}}</ref>
* [[G-10_(material)|G-10]] or garolite is made with fiberglass and epoxy resin.