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Aminoplasts

Author: Claude DUVAL

Publication date: January 10, 2006 | Lire en français

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    Aminoplasts are thermosetting materials obtained by polycondensation with elimination of water of molecules containing several –NH 2 functions, generally urea or melamine, with formaldehyde and leading to a three-dimensional network.

    Aminoplasts (mainly urea-formaldehyde: UF and melamine-formaldehyde: MF) are used by a wide range of industries, either as polycondensates (often in solution in water), or as molding compounds. Their consumption represents almost 60% of that of thermosets, but only 5% of that of all plastics. Molding applications have declined significantly in Europe and North America, and are now concentrated mainly in the Far East.

    Product abbreviations

    MF

    melamine-formaldehyde

    MPF

    melamine/phenol-formaldehyde

    MPV

    melamine-formaldehyde/polyesters

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