Multiple choice general knowledge

Who invented Bakelite?

  1. Charles Goodyear

  2. Leo Hendrik Baekeland

  3. Roy Plunkett

  4. Henry Ford
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Explanation

Leo Hendrik Baekeland, a Belgian chemist, invented Bakelite in 1907. It was the first fully synthetic plastic, made from phenol and formaldehyde. Charles Goodyear worked with rubber vulcanization, Henry Ford with automobiles, and Roy Plunkett discovered Teflon.

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