Leo Baekeland

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Leo Baekeland
Química, inventor


Nacionalidade	Belga

Nascimento	14 de Novembro de 1863
Local	Sint-Martens-Latem

Falecimento	23 de Fevereiro de 1944 (80 anos)
Local	Beacon

Actividade
Campo(s)	Química, inventor
Conhecido(a) por	Baquelite

Prêmio(s)	Prêmio John Scott (1910), Medalha Perkin (1916), Medalha Franklin (1940)

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Leo Hendrik Baekeland (Sint-Martens-Latem, 14 de Novembro de 1863 — Beacon, 23 de Fevereiro de 1944) foi um inventor e empresário belga, considerado o pai da indústria do plástico.¹

Professor assistente de química da Universidade de Ghent, aos 26 anos emigrou para os Estados Unidos e abriu o seu próprio escritório de consultoria. Logo ganhou meio milhão de dólares ao vender para a Kodak o seu processo de produção de papel para impressão fotográfica, o Velox, que permitia a impressão por luz artificial.

Entrou para a ainda recente indústria de plástico e desenvolveu a baquelite, um plástico à base de fenol e formaldeído até hoje usado em uma série de processos industriais.

Morreu de hemorragia cerebral em um sanatório na cidade de Beacon, no estado de Nova Iorque.

Referências

↑ Biografia no sítio da Chemical Heritage Foundation (em inglês)

Precedido por
Edwin Powell Hubble e Albert Sauveur

Medalha Franklin
1940
com Arthur Holly Compton

Sucedido por
Edwin Armstrong e Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

Medalha Perkin

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