Composition comprising phenolic resin and cellulosic material coated with petroleum hydrocarbon and process for preparing board therefrom

Claim 1

A CONSOLIDATED PARTICULATE CELLULOSIC WASTE PRODUCT WHICH COMPRISES PARTICULATE CELLULOSE WASTE COATED WITH FROM 0.5-2.5% BY WEIGHT, BASED UPON THE DRY WEIGHT OF THE WASTE, OF A PETROLEUM MINERAL HYDROCARBON OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PETROLATUM AND PARAFFIN WAXES AND BONDED WITH A THERMOSET PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN, SAID THEREMOSET PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN HAVING BEEN PREPARED BY CONDENSING 1 MOL OF PHENOL WITH FROM 1.6-2.7 MOLS OF FORMALDEHYDE AND FROM 0.5-3 MOLS OF AN ALCOHOL TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MONOHYDRIC ALIPHATIC ALCOHOLS CONTAINING FROM 1-4 CARBON ATOMS AND MIXTURES THEREOF, THE CONDENSATION REACTION HAVING BEEN CARRIED OUT IN AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM IN THE PRESENCE OF FROM 0.1-0.2 MOL OF AN ALKALI METAL HYDROXIDE AT 180-220*F. UNTIL AT 21*C. MACMICHAEL 26D VISCOSITY OF 30-65 IS ATTAINED.