Ko te kapia phenolic totoka he kowhai, he maamaa, he matū papatipu amorphous, na te mea kei roto he phenol kore utu me te whero, ko te taumahatanga motuhake o te hinonga he tata ki te 1.7, he wairewa i roto i te waipiro, he wairewa ki te wai, he pumau ki te wai, he waikawa ngoikore, he wairewa alkali ngoikore. Resin i hanga ki te phenol me te formaldehyde polycondensation, te whakakore me te horoi wai i raro i nga tikanga whakakorikori. Nā te rerekē o ngā whakakōkī i tīpakohia, ka taea te wehea ki ngā kāwai e rua: te thermosetting me te thermoplastic. Ko te kapia Phenolic he pai te atete waikawa, nga taonga miihini me te wera wera, a he nui te whakamahi i roto i te miihini anti-corrosion, te whakapiri, nga taputapu mura ahi, te hanga wira huri me etahi atu ahumahi.