Re: Faradaic Activity in Dental Amalgams

Re: Bakelite;

Joel M. Eichen <joeleichen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am sure Vaughn knows it well as it was a basis for amateur radio
> stuff. I have a telegraph key mounted above my desk who's base is
> Bakelite. Its fabricated from phenol (carbolic acid) and formaldehyde
> and was the original "artificial polymer" although no one knew the
> exact chemical composition at the time of its discovery. Plexiglas and
> methylmethacrylate (acrylics) were still 20-50 years into the future.
>
> Our discoveries into "polymerization" lead to the understanding of
> synthetic materials above and various life science/materials such as
> DNA, carbohydrates, etc. There is also spillover into the development
> of computers and computer languages which are "polymers" of ones and
> zeros as in binary code. Its weird that in the decade between 1945 and
> 1955 that the two codes, binary (base 2 or two ciphers) and DNA (4
> bases or ciphers) were both discovered.
>
> Bakelite was first discovered (invented - ?) by Baekeland in 1906. I
> am not sure which verb is more appropriate.

Thanks for the lesson. Can you imaging a telephone case made of DNA? I
don't think it'd work...

SP
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