Abstract: An acid-hardening low shrinkage cement based on a furan-modified phenolic resin containing as a binder(A) a reaction product of furfuryl alcohol with a hydroxymethyl group-containing substituted phenol resol, based on a substituted phenol selected from the group consisting of bifunctional alkylphenol, an aralkylphenol each having 3 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, an arylphenol or a combination thereof with a minor amount of one or more unsubstituted phenols, wherein in the substituted phenol resol at least 75% of the reactive H-atoms of the nucleus are substituted by reaction with formaldehyde and wherein more than 0.5 mol of furfuryl alcohol has been reacted per hydroxymethyl group; together with(B) at least one reactive diluent in a weight ratio of (B):(A) in the range from (0.4 to 1.5):1, anda process for the preparation of said composition.

Abstract: A cement composition yielding alkaline-resistant bonds consisting of a mixture of a) a solution of at least one partially etherified methylol phenol and at least one partially etherified methylol alkylphenol in a solvent, the methylol phenol components having at least two positions reactive with formaldehyde and being free of alkaline catalysts used in their preparation, with b) a cement powder containing an acid catalyst, an acid-hardened, alkali-resistant cement obtained therefrom by curing and the process of their preparations.