Solid phenolic resin yina muhlovo wotshuka, transparent, amorphous mass substance, hikuva yina free phenol na reddish, average specific gravity ya entity yi kwalomu ka 1.7, soluble eka byala, yinga khuluki ematini, yitshamisekile kuya eka mati, weak acid, weak alkali solution. Resini leyi endliweke hi phenol na formaldehyde polycondensation, neutralization na ku hlantswiwa ka mati ehansi ka swiyimo swa catalyst. Hikwalaho ka ti catalysts to hambana leti hlawuriweke, yinga avanyisiwa hi swiyenge swimbirhi: thermosetting na thermoplastic. Phenolic resin yina ku lwisana kahle na acid, swivumbeko swa michini xikan’we naku lwisana na kuhisa, naswona yitirhisiwa ngopfu eka anti-corrosion engineering, swinamarheti, switirhisiwa swo sivela malangavi, vumaki bya mavhilwa yo sila na ti indasitiri tin’wana.