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FLEMISH - Leo Baekeland

Category: SCIENCES

Language: FLEMISH

Leo Hendrik Baekeland HonFRSE was a Belgian 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"[2] for his invention of Bakelite, an inexpensive, non-flammable and versatile plastic, which marked the beginning of the modern plastics industry.[3][4]

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