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Nitpick time: > Modern composites, starting with Bakelite AFAIK Bakelite is a resin, not a composite. No mention of fiberglass, which had been used for many
by aranchelk 2y ago
Nitpick time:
> Modern composites, starting with Bakelite
AFAIK Bakelite is a resin, not a composite.
No mention of fiberglass, which had been used for many decades before carbon fiber went into widespread use.
> composites—which are amalgamations of a variety of fibers, embedded in a variety of plastics
Steel reinforced concrete is a composite and doesn’t fit this definition.
- nyanpasu64 2y agoI looked it up on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite) which said: > Because molded Bakelite incorporated fillers to give it strength, it tended to be made in concealing dark colors.[9]
- fuzztester 2y agoIn older style corded land line phones, the body was made of black bakelite, in India.
- bboygravity 2y agoSame in Europe. In Cuba they where solid gold (joke reference to Scarface movie).
- tlb 2y agoMost Bakelite products were a molded combination of resin and sawdust. Though there were also pure resin products.
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- hyperbolablabla 2y agoAlso swear Bakelite is older than my grandpa, not sure it's exactly "modern"
- kazinator 2y agoRight? "Bakelite" is practically synonymous with "old, pre-WWII plastic material".
- bboygravity 2y agoStraw, sticks and mud composite walls. From before Mr. Christ was born.