Bakelite is a:

Urea formaldehyde resin

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Phenol formaldehyde resin

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Both A and B

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The correct option is D Phenol formaldehyde resin
Bakelite, a trademark of phenol-formaldehyde resin, trademarked synthetic resin invented in 1907 by Belgian-born American chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland.
A hard, infusible, and chemically resistant plastic, Bakelite was based on a chemical combination of phenol and formaldehyde (phenol-formaldehyde resin).

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