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