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Resin composition containing granular or powdery phenol-aldehyde resin

Assignee: KANEBO Ltd 17-4 SUMIDA 5 CHOME SUMIDA KU TOKYO JAPAN A JAPAN CORP
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Filing: 1982-12-23
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Granted: 1984-10-09
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Expires: 2002-12-23
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Abstract

Abstract A resin composition comprising (I) a granular or powdery resin which is a condensation product of a phenol, an aldehyde and optionally a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens and is characterized by (A) containing spherical primary particles and their secondary agglomerated particles each having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 150 microns, (B) having such a size that at least 50% by weight thereof can pass through a 100 Tyler mesh sieve, and (C) having a free phenol content, determined by liquid chromatography, of not more than 500 ppm, and (II) at least one member selected from the group consisting of (1) a rubbery elastic material, (2) a thermoplastic resin and (3) a curable reisn other than said granular or powdery resin (I) and/or a filler material other than said granular or powdery resin (I).

Inventors

  • 👤 Hiroaki Koyama
  • 👤 Shigeo Shimizu

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L21/00; C08G; C08G14/00; C08G14/02; C08G14/04; C08G14/06; C08G8/00; C08G8/04; C08L61/00; C08L61/04; C08L61/06; C08L61/34; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S524/00; Y10S524/904; Y10S524/908; Y10S525/00; Y10S525/934

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim 324 words
A resin composition comprising (I) a granular or powdery resin which is a condensation product of a phenol, an aldehyde and optionally a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens and is characterized (A) in that at least 30% of the granular or powdery resin consists of spherical primary particles and their secondary agglomerated particles each having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 150 microns, (B) by having such a size that at least 50% by weight thereof can pass through a 100 Tyler mesh sieve, (C) by having a free phenol content, determined by liquid chromatography, of not more than 500 ppm, and (D) in that the granular or powdery resin which is a condensation product of a phenol and an aldehyde has a D 990-1015 /D 1600 ratio of from 0.2 to 9.0 and D 890 /D 1600 ratio of from 0.09 to 1.0 in its infrared absorption spectrum measured by a KBr tablet method, in which D 1600 represents the absorption intensity of an absorption peak at 1600 cm -1 , D 990-1015 represents the highest absorption intensity of absorption peaks in the range of 990 to 1015 cm -1 , and D 890 represents the absorption intensity of an absorption peak at 890 cm -1 , and the granular or powdery resin which is a nitrogen-containing condensation product of a phenol, an aldehyde and a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens has a D 960-1020 /D 1450-1500 ratio of from 0.1 to 2.0 in its infrared absorption spectrum measured by a KBr tablet method in which D 1450-1500 represents the highest absorption intensity of absorption peaks in the range of 1450 to 1500 cm -1 , and D 960-1020 represents the highest absorption intensity of absorption peaks in the range of 960 to 1020 cm -1 ; and (II) at least one thermoplastic resin and, optionally, a filler material other than said granular or powdery resin (I).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 324 words
A resin composition comprising (I) a granular or powdery resin which is a condensation product of a phenol, an aldehyde and optionally a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens and is characterized (A) in that at least 30% of the granular or powdery resin consists of spherical primary particles and their secondary agglomerated particles each having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 150 microns, (B) by having such a size that at least 50% by weight thereof can pass through a 100 Tyler mesh sieve, (C) by having a free phenol content, determined by liquid chromatography, of not more than 500 ppm, and (D) in that the granular or powdery resin which is a condensation product of a phenol and an aldehyde has a D 990-1015 /D 1600 ratio of from 0.2 to 9.0 and D 890 /D 1600 ratio of from 0.09 to 1.0 in its infrared absorption spectrum measured by a KBr tablet method, in which D 1600 represents the absorption intensity of an absorption peak at 1600 cm -1 , D 990-1015 represents the highest absorption intensity of absorption peaks in the range of 990 to 1015 cm -1 , and D 890 represents the absorption intensity of an absorption peak at 890 cm -1 , and the granular or powdery resin which is a nitrogen-containing condensation product of a phenol, an aldehyde and a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens has a D 960-1020 /D 1450-1500 ratio of from 0.1 to 2.0 in its infrared absorption spectrum measured by a KBr tablet method in which D 1450-1500 represents the highest absorption intensity of absorption peaks in the range of 1450 to 1500 cm -1 , and D 960-1020 represents the highest absorption intensity of absorption peaks in the range of 960 to 1020 cm -1 ; and (II) at least one thermoplastic resin and, optionally, a filler material other than said granular or powdery resin (I).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 35 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein at least 50% of the granular or powdery resin consists of spherical primary particles and their secondary agglomerated particles each having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 100 microns.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 29 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein at least 70% by weight of the granular or powdery resin has a size that can pass through a 100 Tyler mesh sieve.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 35 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein at least 30% of the granular or powdery resin consists of spherical primary particles and their secondary agglomerated particles each having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 100 microns.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 31 words
The composition of claim 1 or 4 wherein at least 70% by weight of the granular or powdery resin has a size that can pass through a 150 Tyler mesh sieve.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 89 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the granular or powdery resin is the condensation product of the phenol, aldehyde and nitrogen-containing compound and has a D 1280-1360 /D 1450-1500 ratio of from 0.15 to 3.0 in its infrared absorption spectrum measured by a KBr tablet method in which D 1280-1360 represents the highest absorption intensity of absorption peaks in the range of 1280 to 1360 cm -1 , and D 1450-1500 represents the highest absorption intensity of absorption peaks in the range of 1450 to 1500 cm -1 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 35 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the granular or powdery resin is at least partly fused when maintained at 100° C. for 5 minutes in accordance with the heat fusibility test described in the specification.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 75 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the granular or powdery resin has a methanol solubility, S defined by the following equation, of at least 20% by weight S=[(W.sub.o -W.sub.1)/W.sub.o ]×100(%) wherein W o is the weight in grams of the resin, and W 1 is the weight in grams of the resin left after heating under reflux, when about 10 g of the resin is heated under reflux in 500 ml of substantially anhydrous material.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 37 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the granular or powdery resin (I) does not substantially melt or melt-adhere when maintained at 100° C. for 5 minutes in accordance with the heat fusibility test described in the specification.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 44 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the thermoplastic resin is a polyethylene resin, a polypropylene resin, a polystyrene resin, an acrylic resin, a vinyl resin, a fluorine-containing resin, a polyacetal resin, a polyamide resin, a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin or a polyurethan resin.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 30 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the proportion of the granular or powdery resin (I) is 0.01 to 20 parts by weight per part by weight of the thermoplastic resin.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 19 words
The composition of claim 1 which includes the filler material and wherein the filler material is an inorganic substance.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 17 words
The composition of claim 12 wherein the filler material is glass fibers, carbon fibers or rock wool.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 28 words
The composition of claim 12 wherein the filler material is carbon, silica, alumina, silica-alumina, diatomaceous earth, calcium carbonate, calcium silicate, magnesium oxide, clay, antimony oxide or hollow microspheres.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 19 words
The composition of claim 1 which includes the filler material and wherein the filler material is an organic material.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 18 words
The composition of claim 15 wherein the organic filler material is wood flour, linter, pulp or polyamide fibers.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 37 words
The composition of any one of claims 1, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 16 wherein the proportion of the filler material is not more than 30% by weight based on the total weight of the resin composition.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 21 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the granular or powdery resin (I) is the condensation product of the phenol and aldehyde.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 30 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the granular or powdery resin (I) is the condensation product of the phenol, aldehyde and the nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogens.

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