Sכlid fεnolik rεsin na yכlכ, transparent, amorphous mas sכbstans, biכs i gεt fri fεnol εn rεdish, di avεrej spεsifi k graviti fכ di entiti na bכt 1.7, i de sכlv insay alkol, i nכ de sכlv insay wata, i stebul to wata, wik asid, wik alkali sכlushכn. Rεsin we dεn mek wit fεnol εn fכmaldehayd polikכndεnsεshכn, nyutralayzεshכn εn wata was כnda katalis kכndishכn. Bikɔs ɔf di difrɛn katalis dɛn we dɛn pik, dɛn kin sheb am to tu kategori: tɛmosɛt ɛn tɛmplastik. Fɛnolik rɛsin gɛt gud asid rɛsistɛns, mɛkanikal prɔpati ɛn ɔt rɛsistɛns, ɛn dɛn kin yuz am bɔku bɔku wan fɔ anti-kɔrɛshɔn injinɛri, adeziv, flame retardant matirial, grindin wil manufakchurin ɛn ɔda industri dɛn.