Hydrogenated products

Claim 1

A PARTIALLY HDROGENATED PRODUCT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (A) PARIALLY HYDROGENATED REACTION MASSES, SAID REACTION MASSES, BEFORE HYDROGENATION HAVING A VISCOSITY OF AT LEAST 50 CENTIPOSES AT 25* C. AND HAVING A RESINOUS CONTENT OF AT LEAST 5% BY WEIGHT AND PRODUCED BY REACTING UNDER ALKALINE CONDITIONS FURFURALDEHYDE AND A KETONE HAVING TWO HYDROGEN ATOMS ON AN ALPHA CARBON AND (B) PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED RESIDUES, SAID REDUCES BEFORE HYDROGENATION HAVING A RESINOUS CONTENT OF AT LEAST 5% BY WEIGHT AND BEING THE RESIDUES PRODUCED BY HEAT DISTILLING SAID MASSES UNTIL THE QUANTITY BY WEIGTH OF SAID RESIDUES MEASURES NOT LESS THAN 60% OF THE WEIGHT OF SAID MASSES, SAID PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PRODUCT SATURATED WITH HYDROGEN TO THE EXTENT OF NO LESS THAN APPROZIMATELY 15% AND NO MORE THAN APPROXIMATELY 65% THE NORMALLY PRESENT CARBON TO CARBON DOUBLE BONDS IN SAID PRODUCT BEFORE HYDROGENATION, SAID HYDROGENATED PRODUCT CHARACTERIZED BY BEING CAPABLE OF BEING CONVERTED TO THE SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID AND INFUSIBLE STATE WHEN A MIXTURE THEROF AND AN ACIDIC AGENT IN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO IMPART A PH OF 2.5 TO SAID MIXTURE IS MAINTAINED AT 300* F. FOR A PEROID OF 24 HOURS.