Isocyanate curing of novolac-type ligno-phenol-formaldehyde resins

  • A. Tejado
  • , G. Kortaberria
  • , C. Peña
  • , J. Labidi
  • , J. M. Echeverria
  • , I. Mondragon*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This work proposes the use of a diisocyanate as curing agent for novolac-type lignin-phenol-formaldehyde (LPF) resins, instead of typical hexamethylene-tetraamine (HMTA), with the aim of overcoming the loss of reactivity of lignophenolic resins resulting from the introduction of lignin. Curing LPF resins with methylene-diisocyanate (MDI) and HMTA has been investigated through Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and rheological analysis. The analysis of experimental results shows that the proposed curing reaction with MDI gives similar results to those for HMTA-cured systems. However, MDI curing is faster than HMTA one and proceeds easier at lower temperatures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)208-213
Number of pages6
JournalIndustrial Crops and Products
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Isocyanate curing
  • Lignin
  • LPF resins
  • Novolac

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