Galalith

Galalith (Erinoid in the United Kingdom) is a <a href="/facts/Organic_compound/gqCNaN45">synthetic</a> <a href="/facts/Plastic/Kla5QItn">plastic</a> material manufactured by the interaction of <a href="/facts/Casein/Udl5k8sx">casein</a> and <a href="/facts/Formaldehyde/Ck8RLfqk">formaldehyde</a>. The commercial name is derived from the <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek/LIK7NlUh">Ancient Greek</a> words gala (γάλα, "milk") and lithos (λῐ́θος, "stone"). It is <a href="/facts/Odour/WnCopMmH">odourless</a>, hard, resists humidity to a certain degree, is <a href="/facts/Antistatic/LLQ1lpDz">antistatic</a>, also an <a href="/facts/Electrical_insulator/SfSXkrh5">electrical insulator</a> and virtually <a href="/facts/Nonflammable/1QexTQ4T">nonflammable</a>. It was produced under a plethora of other commercial names such as aladdinite (in the US), Casolith (in the <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a>) and lactoloid (in <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>).

Galalith open-in-new

Galalith