Epoxy resin-phenol formaldehyde

One result of this development work is an instrument for accurately measuring a key property of can coatings, the sterilisation resistance. First, however, a brief description of can coatings and some of their properties is in order. The discussion will be limited to coatings to be applied to the interior of food-or beverage-containing cans since this application requires the highest chemical resistance. Most of the work described has been carried out with can lacquers of the solid epoxy resin/phenolic-formaldehyde (E/PF) type as these are the predominant type used in Western Europe. 

Cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate, ethyl cellulose, epoxy resin, phenol formaldehyde, polyacryonitrilc, polyamides, polycarbonate, polychloro-prene, polyethylene, poly(ethylene terephthalate), polyisobutylene, polyisoprene(cis), poly(melhyl methacrylate), polypropylene, polystyrene, poly(telrafluoroethylene), poly(vinylacetate) poly(vinyl alcohol , poly(vinyl chloride), poly(vinylide.ne chloride), silicones, urea-formaldehyde resins and unsaturateed polyesters. 

A reaction vessel explosion at BASF s resins plant in Cincinnati (July 19, 1990) killed one and injured 71. The BASF facility manufactures acrylic, alkyd, epoxy, and phenol-formaldehyde resins used as can and paper-cup liner coatings. The explosion occurred when a flammable solvent used to clean a reaction vessel vented into the plant and ignited. The cleaning solvent that was not properly vented to a condenser and separator, blew a pressure seal, and fdled the 80-year-old building with a white vapor cloud. 

This group includes many plastics produced by condensation polymerization. Among the important thermosets are the polyurethanes, epoxy resins, phenolic resins, and urea and melamine formaldehyde resins. 

Epoxy resin (Tufnol, Bakelite, Epophen) Styrene divinylbenzene ion exchange resins Reillex HPQ anion exchange resin Phenol/formaldehyde cation exchange resin Polyurethane Cellulose (as tissues)... 

Alkyd and polyester resins, epoxy compounds, phenol-formaldehyde resin, urea and/or melamine-aldehyde resin, cyclic urea resin, carbamide acid ester formaldehyde resin, ketone formaldehyde resin, polyurethane, polyvinylester, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloride and polymer mixtures, polyethylene, polystryrene, styrene mixtures and graft copolymers, polyamide, polycarbonate, polyvinyl ether, polyacrylic and methacrylic acid esters, polyvinyl flouride, polyvinylidene chloride copolymers, UV and/or electron irradiated lacquers. 

Although epoxies dominate the thermoset fracture literature, work has been reported on other systems, e.g., polyester resins, phenol-formaldehyde compounds, peroxide cured polystyrene, and highly crosslinked polyurethanes. In general, these materials exhibit fracture behaviors similar to epoxies, and suggest that thermosets, as a class of materials, display characteristic crack growth properties. 

There is a common feature of the polymer composition in PC, PPO, epoxy and phenol-formaldehyde resin, all contain phenoxy moieties in their repeating unit. Hence, it is not unexpected that the major pyrolysis products of these plastics are phenols. The reason of the production of phenolic compounds is the higher bonding energy of the C-0 linkage in the phenoxy moiety related to that of other bonds along the polymer chain. 

Lubricant or mold release Thermosetting resin Vegetable oils Mineral oils Fatty acids Fatty alcohols Fatty esters Epoxy Polyphenylene Phenol formaldehyde 1-3 Gives carbon 450-1000°C... 

Step growth condensation reactions involving multifunctional reactants. More or less densely crosslinked products such as epoxy and phenol-formaldehyde resins may be prepared by the reaction of multifunctional monomers or prepolymers with each other or with other appropriate molecules. 

Information about the composition of the sample material can be significantly increased if the paints have been derivatized during pyrolysis. Tetramethyl-ammonium hydroxide (TMAH) is used as a derivat-izing reagent for structure elucidation of alkyd, unsaturated polyester, epoxy, and phenol-formaldehyde resins. The derivatization of paints, whose pyrolysis products elute at very low retention times (such as formulations based on polyvinylacetate... 

Thermoset composites are made up of thermoset resin-like polyester epoxy and phenol-formaldehyde resin composites with varying fiber volume fractions and fiber length were prepared by following one of the techniques. Among polyester epoxy and phenol-formaldehyde composites, a phenolic-type resin performed as a better matrix than epoxy and polyester resins with respect to tensile and flexural properties due to the high interfacial bonding in phenolic composites [58,59,100]. 

Some polymers such as LDPE and HPDE, EVA copolymer, PU and plasticised polyvinyl chloride (PVC) distort at temperatures below 50 "C whilst others such as epoxies, PEEK, polyallylisophthalate, polydiallylphthalate, PC, alkyd resins, phenol-formaldehyde, PI, PEI, PPS, PES, PSU and silicones have remarkably high HDT in the range 150 to above 300 °C. TMA has been used to determine deflection temperatures of polymers at selected temperatures and sample loading forces, i.e., plots of temperatures versus flexure. 

The heat distortion temperature at 1.80 Mpa is the temperature that causes a beam loaded to 1.80 to deflect by 0.3 mm. If the heat distortion temperature is lower than the ambient temperature, -20 C is given. Polymers such as low-density polyethylene, styrene ethylene-butene terpolymer, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, polyurethane, and plasticized polyvinyl chloride distort at temperatures below <50°C, whereas others, such as epoxies, polyether ether ketone, polydiallylphthalate, polydiallyl isophthalate, polycarbonate, alkyd resins, phenol formaldehyde, polymide 6,10 polyimide, poly-etherimides, polyphenylene sulfide, polyethersulfone, polysulfonates, and silicones, have remaikably high distortion temperatures in the range of 150°C to >300 C. Thermomechanical analysis has been used to determine the deflection temperature of polymers and sample loading forces (i.e., plots of temperature vs. flexure). 

A potentially new and novel source of resin for compression molders is e-waste, which represents material in the components of electronic devices— personal computers, laptop computers, monitors, telephones, cellular telephones, radios, copiers, printers, fax machines, televisions, hard drives, media players/recorders—at the end of their useful life. Once the most valuable, mainly metallic, materials are removed from circuit boards and wiring, the remainder is plastic (e-plastics). This is a mixed stream of predominantly engineered thermoplastics such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and various blends. However, thermosets (epoxy and phenol-formaldehyde for instance) and elastomers may also be present in small quantities. Unfortunately, material separation, although desirable, is a costly and formidable task. Due to the composition variability and unpredictability. 

Alkylated phenol derivatives are used as raw materials for the production of resins, novolaks (alcohol-soluble resins of the phenol—formaldehyde type), herbicides, insecticides, antioxidants, and other chemicals. The synthesis of 2,6-xylenol [576-26-1] h.a.s become commercially important since PPO resin, poly(2,6-dimethyl phenylene oxide), an engineering thermoplastic, was developed (114,115). The demand for (9-cresol and 2,6-xylenol (2,6-dimethylphenol) increased further in the 1980s along with the growing use of epoxy cresol novolak (ECN) in the electronics industries and poly(phenylene ether) resin in the automobile industries. The ECN is derived from o-cresol, and poly(phenylene ether) resin is derived from 2,6-xylenol. 

Other Coatings Resins. A wide variety of other resin types are used in coatings. PhenoHc resins, ie, resins based on reaction of phenols and formaldehyde, have been used in coatings for many years. Use has been declining but there are stUl significant appHcations, particularly with epoxy resins in interior can coatings. 

The thermoplastic or thermoset nature of the resin in the colorant—resin matrix is also important. For thermoplastics, the polymerisation reaction is completed, the materials are processed at or close to their melting points, and scrap may be reground and remolded, eg, polyethylene, propjiene, poly(vinyl chloride), acetal resins (qv), acryhcs, ABS, nylons, ceUulosics, and polystyrene (see Olefin polymers Vinyl polymers Acrylic ester polymers Polyamides Cellulose ESTERS Styrene polymers). In the case of thermoset resins, the chemical reaction is only partially complete when the colorants are added and is concluded when the resin is molded. The result is a nonmeltable cross-linked resin that caimot be reworked, eg, epoxy resins (qv), urea—formaldehyde, melamine—formaldehyde, phenoHcs, and thermoset polyesters (qv) (see Amino resins and plastics Phenolic resins). 

Phenol, in its various purity grades, is used for phenol—formaldehyde resins to bond constmction materials like plywood and composition board (40% of the phenol produced), for the bisphenol A employed in making epoxy resins (qv) and polycarbonate (qv) (30%), and for caprolactam (qv), the starting material for nylon-6 (20%). Minor amounts ate used for alkylphenols (qv) and pharmaceuticals (10). 

Commonly accepted practice restricts the term to plastics that serve engineering purposes and can be processed and reprocessed by injection and extmsion methods. This excludes the so-called specialty plastics, eg, fluorocarbon polymers and infusible film products such as Kapton and Updex polyimide film, and thermosets including phenoHcs, epoxies, urea—formaldehydes, and sdicones, some of which have been termed engineering plastics by other authors (4) (see Elastol rs, synthetic-fluorocarbon elastol rs Eluorine compounds, organic-tdtrafluoroethylenecopolyt rs with ethylene Phenolic resins Epoxy resins Amino resins and plastics). 

This includes wire enamels on a base of polyvinyl formal, polyurethane or epoxy resins as well as moulding powder plastics on phenol-formaldehyde and similar binders, with cellulose fillers, laminated plastics on paper and cotton cloth base, triacetate cellulose films, films and fibres of polyethylene terephthalate. 

A hard carbon with high capacity can be made from epoxy novolac resin [12]. The epoxy resins used cost about US 2.50 per pound and give pyrolysis yields between 20 and 30%. However, it is well known that phenolic (or phenol-formaldehyde) resins can be pyrolyzed to give hard carbons with a yield of over 50% [42]. In addition, these resins cost about USSl.OO per pound. Phenolic resins therefore offer significant cost advantages over epoxy resins, so we... 

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