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Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.

Fiberglas Canada Inc.

Dynea Canada Ltd.

Ruben A Santos

Vyacheslav S Grinshpun

Jennifer M Willson

Edwin J MacPherson

Paul J Meunier

Kwok Tang

Jennifer Willson

Hendrik H Deuzeman

Bohumila Zapletal

William Kipp

Norman Lumley

William G Kipp

Phenolic resins and processes of making these phenolic resins that are useful for making binders for mineral wool insulation products are disclosed. The addition of a boron salt early in the process of making these phenolic resins leads to enhanced properties such as a reduction in the amount of tetradimers and an improvement in the stability of both the base resin and the pre-react.

Borate modified phenolic resin for insulation material

The invention relates to a process for producing non-CFC resol foams of low density using perfluorinated ethers along with a HCFC or CFC blowing agent, and to foams produced by such a process. The process generally comprises: (a) forming a mixture by combining a resol resin with a blowing-agent blend comprising (i) at least one blowing agent selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated chlorofluorocarbons and hydrogenated fluorocarbons and (ii) at least one perfluoroether additive selected from the group consisting of peiurinated ethers; (b) adding an acid catalyst to the mixture to initiate foaming and form a foam; and (c) curing the foam to form a cured foam that is essentially free of CFCs.

Manufacture of non-CFC cellular resol foams using perflurinated ethers

The invention relates to a process for producing non-CFC resol foams of low density using perfluorinated ethers along with a HCFC or CFC blowing agent, and to foams produced by such a process. The process generally comprises: (a) forming a mixture by combining a resol resin with a blowing-agent blend comprising (i) at least one blowing agent selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated chlorofluorocarbons and hydrogenated fluorocarbons and (ii) at least one perfluoroether additive selected from the group consisting of perfluorinated ethers; (b) adding an acid catalyst to the mixture to initiate foaming and form a foam; and (c) curing the foam to form a cured foam that is essentially free of CFCs.

Manufacture of non-CFC cellular resol foams using perfluorinated ethers

This invention relates to the production of low density resol foams from resol resins. The foams have a density of 2.0 pounds per cubic foot or less and are produced with a blowing agent of low boiling point HCFCs and perfluoroalkane.

Non-CFC foam produced using perfluoroalkanes

A phenol-formaldehyde resol to which urea has been added is mixed with a boric acid-hydroxyl-amide component to provide high temperature resistant binder compositions for use in the manufacture of thermally stable bonded mineral fibre insulation structures.

High temperature resistant binders

This specification discloses ecologically desirable, improved binder compositions suitable for bonding fibers. These binders exhibit low pollutant characteristics and improved properties, due to a combination into the binder of aminoplast resins or non phenolic monomeric materials capable of co-condensing with formaldehyde, together with a substantially phenol free, low mono methylolphenol high ortho para di methylol phenol content, water soluble thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resole solution. The phenolic resole resin is made to conform to the desired composition by mixing together a high mole ratio of formaldehyde with phenol and calcium hydroxide with cooling so that very little reaction takes place. The reaction is then allowed to proceed according to a carefully controlled temperature-time cycle without external heat input until substantially all the phenol has reacted to form condensation products and yet the mixture is still infinitely dilutable with water. Such binder compositions may be applied at solids levels of 1% to 80% and contain much lower phenolic resin component than binders of prior art with similar bonding characteristics.

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Sarnia, Canada

Ruben A Santos