Borated resins

Claim 1

IN MAKING A RESIN CHARACTERIZED BY BEING GRINDABLE AND BY HIGH PRESSURE MOLDING CHARACTERISTICX OF MOLDING COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE RESIN, THE PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES FORMING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF PHENOL IN THE PROPORTION OF 1 MOLE, FORMALDEHYDE ABOUT 0.7-0.94 MOLE, AN ACIDIC BORON COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BORIC ACIDS AND THEIR ANHYDRIDES IN THE PROPORTION OF 3-30 PARTS BY WEIGHT FOR 100 OF COMBINED WEIGHT OF THE PHENOL AND FORMALDEHYDE, AND AN ACID CATALYST OF CONDENSATION SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SULFURIC, HYDROCHLORIC AND OXALIC ACIDS IN AMOUNT TO ESTABLISH THE PH OF THE SAID SOLUTION AT APPROXIMATELY 0.8-0.9, THE WATER IN THE SOLUTION BEING IN AMOUNT ADEQUATE AT LEAST TO DISSOLVE THE BORON COMPOUND, WARNING THE SAID SOLUTION TO CAUSE CONDENSATION OF THE CONDENSABLE MATERIALS TO THE NOVOLAC RESIN STAGE IN CONTACT WITH THE BORON COMPOUND AT ALL TIMES FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CONDENSATION, AND THEN HEATING THE RESULTING MIXTURE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE ATMOSPHERE UNTIL THE RESULTING MATERIAL IS DEHYDRATED.