Solid phenolic resin ndeyero, inoonekera, amorphous mass substance, nokuti ine mahara phenol uye yakatsvuka, avhareji yakananga giravhiti yenhengo inenge 1.7, inonyungudika mudoro, isinganyungudike mumvura, yakagadzikana kumvura, isina simba asidhi, isina simba alkali mhinduro. Resin yakagadzirwa ne phenol uye formaldehyde polycondensation, neutralization uye kushambidza mvura pasi pemamiriro ezvinhu anokonzera. Nekuda kweakasiyana macatalysts akasarudzwa, anogona kukamurwa muzvikamu zviviri: thermosetting uye thermoplastic. Phenolic resin ine yakanaka acid resistance, mechanical properties uye heat resistance, uye inoshandiswa zvakanyanya muanti-corrosion engineering, adhesives, flame retardant materials, kugaya mavhiri kugadzira nemamwe maindasitiri.