Amide stabilized formaldehyde polymers and process for preparing same

Claim 1

A COMPOSITION OF MATTER COMPRISING A POLYMERIC FORMALDEHYDE DECOMPOSING TO AN EXTENT OF LESS THAN 80 PERCENT BY WEIGHT WITHIN 30 MINUTES AT 200*C., AND BETWEEN ABOUT 0.01 AND ABOUT 10 PERCENT, BY WEIGHT OF THE POLYMERIC FORMALDEHYDE, OF AT LEAST ONE STABILIZER CRITICALLY HAVING AT LEAST TWO -CONH- GROUPS AND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF POLYACRYLAMIDE, OXALIC ACID DIAMIDE, AND COMPOUNDS OF THE FORMULA R(CONHR1)N WHEREIN R IS A POLYVALENT RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) HYDROCARBON NUCLEI, (2) HETEROHYDROCARBON CHAINS INTERRUPTED BY A MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NITROGEN, OXYGEN, AND SULFUR ATOMS, AND (3) 5- AND 6-MEMBERED HETEROHYDROCARBON RINGS INTERRUPTED BY A MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NITROGEN AND OXYGEN ATOMS, ANY SUBSTITUENTS ON SAID RADICAL R BEING SELECTED SOLELY FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF KETO, AMINO, HALO, HYDROXY, NITRO, AND ALKOXYPHENYL GROUPS, R1 IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND HYDROCARBON NUCLEI, ANY SUBSTITUENTS ON SAID RADICAL R1 BEING SELECTED SOLELY FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HALO, HYDROXY, AND NITRO GROUPS, R1 HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT UP TO 500, AND N IS A WHOLE NUMBER FROM 2 TO 4.