List of raw materials used in button-making
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Please see external links for images of buttons (front & back) made from the material(s) in question. ("NBS name" refers to labelling used by the National Button Society, USA.)
Natural materials
Synthetic materials
plastics
- acrylic resin
- bakelite[20]
- catalin (NBS name: phenolic or bakelite type)[21]
- celluloid[22][23][24]
- galalith, a.k.a. casein[25] (NBS name: casein)[20]
- lucite
- melamine formaldehyde (NBS name: amino resin)
- phenolic resin (NBS name: phenolic or bakelite type)
- urea-formaldehyde (NBS name: amino resin)