0 Question: What does polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride mean? Keywords: bakelite, chemical, meaning, polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride Asked by ad3k0la to Audra, Fiona, Gavin, Justin, Steve on 16 Mar 2012.
Gavin Devereux answered on 16 Mar 2012:
Whoah, that’s a long word.
As it starts with ‘poly’ it may well be a type of plastic?
The really long name just describes it’s molecular structure (snore) 🙂
Audra Benjamin answered on 17 Mar 2012:
It’s a plastic that was widely used in the 1920’s and 30’s and trade name is bakelite.
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