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carbolite

carbolite noun: a phenol formaldehyde resin analogous to Bakelite used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

Noun

carbolite (uncountable)

  1. A phenol formaldehyde resin analogous to Bakelite used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
    • Bakelite is made from a basic concentrate, whereas they have made a material called “carbolite” from acid concentrates.1930, James Gerald Crowther, Science in Soviet Russia, page 67
    • The present invention relates to a process for the colouring and protection against atmospheric influences of various plastic, infusible and insoluble condensation products of phenols and aldehydes, obtained by pressing and moulding, or of these condensation products with various inorganic filling...1932, Georgi Petroff, US Patent 1,865,586

Origin of carbolite

Borrowed from Russian карболи́т (karbolít), from карбо́ловая кислота́ (karbólovaja kislotá, “carbolic acid”).

Questions about carbolite

What does carbolite mean?
Carbolite means a phenol formaldehyde resin analogous to Bakelite used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.
What part of speech is carbolite?
Carbolite is a noun.

Words near carbolite in the dictionary

  1. carbolineum
  2. carbolise
  3. carbolised
  4. carbolises
  5. carbolising
  6. carbolite
  7. carbolize
  8. carbolized
  9. carbolizes
  10. carbolizing
  11. carboload

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