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[Robert Myers]

At 11:26 PM 5/16/02, DGraber460 at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 5/16/2002 8:30:09 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
>robert at s-cars.org writes:
>
>
>>Bakelite is a highly cross-linked thermosetting phenol-formaldehyde resin
>>with sawdust and charcoal filler. The sawdust to make it cheaper and the
>>charcoal to make it black. Correct. It will burn nicely if it gets hot
>>enough.
>
>
>The Bakelite I have seen is also quite brittle, and wouldn't stand up too
>well to the torque of the manifold bolts. But I may be completely off base.

Off base?  Not at all.  I personally would not suggest using Bakelite for
this purpose.  However, a phenolic containing much less (none at all?)
filler materials might well serve the purpose.  The fillers modify the
properties of the polymer significantly.  Those in Bakelite are intended
primarily as cost reduction additions (and, therefore, profit increasing
additions).  For the typical Bakelite use this serves well enough.  For
this use?  I doubt it.

>Dennis
>Denver
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