but none of these has been found effective for so-called 'improved wood' made up of wood veneers impregnated with phenol-formaldehyde or other resin and compressed and bonded at a high temperature.

The primary research objectives of this study are outlined as follows: (1) Synthesis of waterborne phenol-formaldehyde epoxy resin employing a phase transfer catalyst and a two-step alkaline method.

Phenolic resins are essentially synthetic polymers formed by the reaction of phenol and formaldehyde under the influence of heat. Phenolic resins have several desirable physical properties such as ...

In order to develop the production of new synthetic resins based on the natural wood component lignin, thereby reducing the proportion of fossil raw materials in phenol formaldehyde resins, which are ...

Baekeland discovered that carefully controlling the speed of the reaction between phenol and formaldehyde produced a mouldable resin. Mark describes the structure of Bakelite and how the links ...