Leo Baekeland
Channel: Ananas Science
Date: 2017-02-26

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Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland (November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944) was a Belgian-American chemist. He is best known for the inventions of Velox photographic paper in 1893 and Bakelite in 1907. He has been called "The Father of the Plastics Industry" for his invention of Bakelite, an inexpensive, nonflammable and versatile plastic, which marked the beginning of the modern plastics industry.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
0.  Introduction (00:00:00)
1.  Early life (00:00:24)
2.  Career (00:01:29)
3.  Invention of Bakelite (00:04:45)
4.  Decline and death (00:09:00)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Baekeland
Date: 02/25/2017

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