ʻO ka resin phenolic paʻa he melemele, maopopo, amorphous mass waiwai, no ka mea, aia ka phenol manuahi a me ka ʻulaʻula, ʻo ka awelika kikoʻī kikoʻī o ka mea e pili ana i 1.7, hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka waiʻona, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wai, paʻa i ka wai, nāwaliwali waika, nāwaliwali alkali solution. Hana ʻia ʻo Resin me ka polycondensation phenol a me formaldehyde, neutralization a me ka holoi wai ma lalo o nā kūlana catalyst. Ma muli o nā ʻano catalysts i koho ʻia, hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ʻelua mau ʻāpana: thermosetting a me thermoplastic. ʻO ka resin phenolic maikaʻi ke kūpaʻa waika, nā waiwai mechanical a me ka pale wela, a hoʻohana nui ʻia i ka ʻenekini anti-corrosion, adhesives, flame retardant material, grinding wheel manufacturing a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe.