Resin e tiileng ea phenolic ke ntho e 'mala o mosehla, e bonaletsang, e nang le amorphous boima, hobane e na le phenol e sa lefelloeng le e khubelu, matla a khoheli a itseng a ka bang 1.7, a qhibilihang ka joala, ha a qhibilihe ka metsing, a tsitsitse ho metsi, acid e fokolang, tharollo ea alkali e fokolang. Resin e entsoeng ka phenol le formaldehyde polycondensation, neutralization le ho hlatsoa metsi tlas'a maemo a susumetsang. Ka lebaka la li-catalyst tse fapaneng tse khethiloeng, e ka aroloa ka mekhahlelo e 'meli: thermosetting le thermoplastic. Phenolic resin e na le khanyetso e ntle ea asiti, thepa ea mochini le ho hanyetsa mocheso, 'me e sebelisoa haholo ho boenjineri ba anti-corrosion, likhomaretsi, lisebelisoa tse thibelang lelakabe, tlhahiso ea mabili a silang le liindasteri tse ling.