Question

A material 'X' is used to make handles of cooking utensils. Identify X and mention the reason behind choosing the material X.

Answer 1

X should be bakelite. Bakelite is a thermosetting plastic. This type of plastic is resistant to heat and does not get deformed on heating. Also, they are bad conductors of heat. All these properties make bakelite suitable to prepare handles of cooking utensils.