Abstract: Flame retardant polymer resins formed by an acid condensation reaction from a mixture of resorcinol and furfural with a molar excess of the aldehyde. In one particular embodiment the resin is formed of a mixture of two prepolymer solutions with at least a boric acid catalyst, one or both of the prepolymer solutions being an acid-condensation reaction product of resorcinol and furfural with excess aldehyde functionality, or one of the prepolymers being a mix of substantially unreacted resorcinol and furfural with a slight molar excess of aldehyde.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 1981
Date of Patent:
January 5, 1982
Assignee:
Fiber Materials, Inc.
Inventors:
Lawrence E. McAllister, Herbert Dietrich
Abstract: Flame retardant polymer resins formed by an acid condensation reaction from a mixture of resorcinol and furfural with a molar excess of the aldehyde. In one particular embodiment the resin is formed of a mixture of two prepolymer solutions with at least a boric acid catalyst, one or both of the prepolymer solutions being an acid-condensation reaction product of resorcinol and furfural with excess aldehyde functionality, or one of the prepolymers being a mix of substantially unreacted resorcinol and furfural with a slight molar excess of aldehyde.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 7, 1979
Date of Patent:
June 23, 1981
Assignee:
Fiber Materials, Inc.
Inventors:
Lawrence E. McAllister, Herbert Dietrich
Abstract: A flame-retardant polymer is created by forming a first resin typically by reacting resorcinol with furfural in a ratio of one mole of the former to less than a mole of the latter in the presence of an alkaline catalyst. A resole is then formed by reacting typically phenol with formaldehyde in a ratio of one mole of phenol to more than a mole of the aldehyde in the presence of an alkaline catalyst. The first resin and resole are mixed together with a powered oxyborate compound such as zinc borate and allowed to polymerize to form the polymer.
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