Bp Chemicals Limited

Bp Chemicals (additives) Limited

Blagden Chemicals Limited

Murray Roy Orpin

John Edwar Jones

Alan William Lightbody

Matthew B Studholme

Stephen A Taylor

Robert S Francis

This invention relates to a hybrid phenolic/polysiloxane resin derivable by (A) reacting a phenolic compound with (a) a siloxane polymer or (b) an aldehyde and (B) reacting the reaction product of stage (A)(a) with an aldehyde, or, (A)(b) with a siloxane polymer to form the hybrid phenolic/polysiloxane resin, said resin having a siloxane content of 1-40% by weight of the total hybrid resin and a viscosity in the range of 100-10000 mPa s. The products derived from the hybrid resins of the present invention have enhanced impact strength; can tolerate higher burst pressures in pipe applications, have improved resistance to hydrolysis and other environmental weathering characteristics; have improved fire stability; and show improved film flexibility in coatings.

Phenolic resins

This invention relates to a hardener for producing phenolic resins from phenolic resoles which comprises a partial phosphate ester. The hardener is produced by reacting condensed phosphoric acids with polyols at controlled temperatures with vigorous agitation under vacuum until constant acidity is achieved. The hardeners cure the phenolic resoles relatively slowly and therefore enable better control to be achieved when preparing moulded products.

Process for hardening phenolic resins

This invention relates to a thixotropic laminating resin composition comprising an acid hardenable phenol-aldehyde resin, a highly dispersed hydrophobic amorphous silica and a viscosity modifier wherein the composition has a specified viscosity. Composites laminated with the above composition have improved dimensional stability and are resistant to combustion or smoke emission.

Thixotropic compositions

This invention relates to a process for producing polyamides of high molecular weight from dicarboxy terminated prepolymers of relatively lower molecular weight by further polymerization in an extruder in the presence of an additive comprising a diamine. The polyamides so formed are suitable for producing fabricated articles such as films, pipes, containers etc.

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