Urea-Formaldehyde Resin

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Urea-Formaldehyde Resin

Forming urea-formaldehyde resin.


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Aqueous formaldehyde is added to solid urea. The mixture is stirred. A few drops of concentrated sulfuric acid are added to the clear solution. A white solid polymer is produced in a highly exothermic reaction. The reaction involves condensation between the nucleophilic nitrogen of urea with the electrophilic carbonyl carbon of formaldehyde. A branched copolymer is formed.

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	Gary Trammell	University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL 62794

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	Steve Dykema	University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL 62794

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	Margaret Biddle	University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706

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	Greg Minix	University of Wisconsin - Madison, College of Engineering, Madison, WI 53706
	Jerrold J. Jacobsen	University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706