Editing Syntactic foam (section)

== History ==

The term was originally coined by the [[Bakelite|Bakelite Company]], in 1955, for their lightweight composites made of hollow [[phenol formaldehyde resin|phenolic]] microspheres bonded to a matrix of phenolic, [[epoxy]], or [[polyester]].<ref>From the Oxford English Dictionary citation of Sci. News Let. 2 Apr. 213/3</ref><ref name="JSTOR1955">{{cite journal | title = Plastic Foam Developed for Boats and Planes | journal = The Science News-Letter | date = 2 April 1955 | volume = 67 | issue = 14 | page = 213 | issn = 0096-4018 | doi = 10.2307/3935329 | jstor = 3935329 | pmid = | url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/3935331| url-access = subscription }}</ref>

These materials were developed in early 1960s as improved [[buoyant|buoyancy]] materials for marine applications.<ref name=lm3>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.nistep.go.jp/achiev/ftx/eng/stfc/stt026e/qr26pdf/STTqr2607.pdf |title=Overseas Trends in the Development of Human Occupied Deep Submersibles and a Proposal for Japan's Way to Take |access-date=2009-08-10 |journal=Science and Technology Trends Quarterly Review |volume=26 |date=January 2008 |first=Kimiaki |last=Kudo |pages=104–123 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125903/http://www.nistep.go.jp/achiev/ftx/eng/stfc/stt026e/qr26pdf/STTqr2607.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}</ref> Other characteristics led these materials to [[aerospace]] and ground transportation vehicle applications.<ref name="lm1">{{dead link|date=July 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sampe.org/store/paper.aspx?pid=943 |title=Novel Processing of High-Performance Structural Syntactic Foams |access-date=2009-08-07 |publisher=Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering |year=2002 |first=G |last=Karst |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723181158/http://www.sampe.org/store/paper.aspx?pid=943 |archive-date=2011-07-23 }}</ref>

Research on syntactic foams has recently been advanced by [[Nikhil Gupta]].