Ancestor Of Plastics

Nature is undoubtedly the inspiration for all inventions in our lives. Due to the limited natural resources, the expensive to obtain and the hard processing, human beings have always been in search. From a textile to furniture, from the defense industry to the entertainment industry, a cheap, easy-to-produce and shapable material would be an era of era. Bakelite, an artificial resin inspired by amber found in nature, was discovered in 1909 by the Belgian chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944). Baekeland named this new miracle, based on the word Plastikos, which means Greek formatting. The ancestor of plastics was very suitable and willing to bakelite, change shape and evolve because human beings wanted bakelite.

It is obtained by heating bakelite, formaldehyde and phenol with ammonia in basic medium. During the resinization event, bakelite is a liquid or paste-like substance. This state is briefly called bakelite A. It is made solid by giving heat. This state is called B bakelite. Then, it is made into powder and mixed with fillers such as paper, asbestos, fiber and paints, put into the molds and then hardened by reheating. This last form is called C bakelite. In this way, it can be used in the desired form and place.

The entry of bakelite into our lives was fast, its use in all areas was even faster, its rise and indispensability were faster than imagination. When olt stone was made from bakelite resin in 1930, it was equivalent to natural stones or even more valuable. When Disneyland was made entirely of plastic in 1957, it was entirely future-proof because it was made of plastic and people came to Disneyland to see the future. It was not the strategy and power that brought the World War II to the allies, but the war materials and tools they produced quickly and cheaply from plastic. Many collection pieces from past to present, for example, rosary are bakelite. Bakelite is one of the important synthetic materials used in the production of electrical outlets, articles and automotive parts. The most important reason for this is that it is hard, not conductive and can be poured in the desired form.

Plastics, which are monomers, became polymers using chemical reactions or additives. A monomer (a Greek mono and meros fragment) is a small molecule that can be chemically linked to other monomers to form a polymer. Monomer is the chemical term that refers to compounds that can react with it or another compound to give a new product with a higher bound molecular mass. Examples of the ethylene monomers that react with it give polyethylene. Polymer (Greek: poly multi, meros part; multi part) means very long chain molecules that are formed by repeating relatively small molecules called monomers in repetitions. Polymers formed by the same monomers are called homopolymers, while polymers consisting of at least two different types of monomers are called copolymers. Polymer formation in a chemical reaction is called polymerization. Polymers have become widespread in every field due to their low production costs, easy formulation and their purpose-made production. PVC (Poly Vinyl chloride), Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)) PET (polyethylene terephthalate) are examples of our polymer.