Improvement of storage stability and physicochemical properties by addition of benzoguanamine in melamine-formaldehyde resin synthesis

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

Ana Henriques (Author) Other; Nadia Paiva (Author) Other; Margarida M. S. M. Bastos (Author) FEUP; Jorge Martins (Author) Other; Luísa Carvalho (Author) FEUP; Fernão D. Magalhães (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Vol. 134

Pages: 1-11

ISSN: 0021-8995

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Authenticus ID: P-00M-VA4

DOI: 10.1002/app.45185

Abstract (EN): The improvement of melamine-formaldehyde resin storage stability was achieved using benzoguanamine as partial replacement of melamine during synthesis (up to 15% substitution of melamine). The results showed that when benzoguanamine is added in the later stages of reaction, the resulting resins have improved storage stability (4 days or more, compared to 1 day in unmodified melamine-formaldehyde resin). High-pressure laminates produced with decor paper impregnated with the new developed resins showed surface properties equivalent to those obtained using commercial melamine-formaldehyde resins. (C) 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11