scholarly journals Morphology and Crystallinity of Urea-Formaldehyde Resin Adhesives with Different Molar Ratios

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 673
Author(s):  
Ji Li ◽  
Yifu Zhang

Using formaldehyde and urea as raw materials, a stable urea–formaldehyde resin (UF) is synthesized by the “alkali-acid-alkali” method. Unlike most thermosetting resins, UF often shows the appearance of crystal domains. In order to understand the relationship between the crystal and morphology of UF resin, analysis was carried out with the help of polarizing microscopy (POM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The changes of two kinds of UF resins with molar ratios (F/U) of 1.4 and 1.0 before and after curing and under the influence of different curing agents and additives were studied. SEM results showed that the UF resins with low F/U (1.0) show spherical or flat structures before and after curing, and the diameter of the spherical structure increases with the increase of the content of curing agent, while in the UF resin with high F/U (1.4) it is difficult to observe the above phenomenon. At the same time, the possible accumulation mode of UF colloidal particles in the process of aggregation is explained, and the curing agent obviously promotes the development of the crystal structure, which may be the reason for the emergence of a large number of spherical particles. XRD results showed that the resin with low F/U has higher crystallinity than the resin with high F/U, indicating that the former shows more crystallization regions, while the latter shows more amorphous structure, and the crystallinity increases with the increase of the curing agent content, but the position of the crystallization peak does not change with the type of curing agent and the amount of curing agent. Observation of the selected area electron diffraction (SAED) pattern obtained by TEM shows that the cured low F/U (1.0) resin has a polycrystalline structure and a body-centered cubic unit cell. FT-IR results showed that the linear segment, branched structure, hydroxymethyl and methylene structure changes in UF affect the formation of crystal structure. This study also shows the possible contribution of hydroxymethylated species to the formation of crystals.

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (40) ◽  
pp. 25010-25017
Author(s):  
Li Lu ◽  
Yan Wang ◽  
Tianhua Li ◽  
Supeng Wang ◽  
Shoulu Yang ◽  
...  

Reactions between CaCO3 and CH2O2 during polycondensation of UF resin produce Ca2+. Ionic bond complexation binds Ca2+ with UF resin. The UF resin crystalline percentage decreases from 26.86% to 22.71%. IB strength of resin bonded fiberboard increases from 0.75 to 0.94 MPa.


2011 ◽  
Vol 197-198 ◽  
pp. 147-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Li Bin Zhu ◽  
Ji You Gu ◽  
Xiang Li Weng ◽  
Hai Yan Tan

Through the study of the effects of different dosage of additives on the properties of urea formaldehyde resin adhesive prepared at low mole ratio of formaldehyde/urea, optimize the synthetic process of the UF resin which is used at the E0 grade plywood. The results showed that the product synthesized under the following condition: the mole ratio of formaldehyde/urea is 0.99:1, the dosage of the specific additive is 1.0% and that of melamine is 3-4%, had a good comprehensive performance and the formaldehyde emission of the plywood meets the E0 grade which is environmental-friendly.


RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (52) ◽  
pp. 32830-32836
Author(s):  
Kazuki Saito ◽  
Yasushi Hirabayashi ◽  
Shinya Yamanaka

This is the first experiment to demonstrate that GO effectively prevents formaldehyde emission from UF resin.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1001 ◽  
pp. 61-66
Author(s):  
Shan Feng Xu ◽  
San Shan Xia ◽  
Yu Zhu Chen ◽  
Hui Xiao ◽  
Ming Wei Jing ◽  
...  

In this study, Thermogravimetry (TG) were used to analyze thermal degradation properties of two kinds of low-molar ratio of the melamine-modified urea-formaldehyde resin (MUF). The MUF was calculated using Kissinger equation and Flynn-Wall-Ozawa equation Resin pyrolysis activation energy. The results showed that the curing time of low mole was longer than that of MUF resin (muf-b), the content of free formaldehyde was lower, and the formaldehyde emission and wet bonding strength of plywood were reduced by 65.79% and 21.90%, respectively. TG test showed that the pyrolysis process of MUF resins with different molar ratios can be divided into three stages: dehydration, rapid pyrolysis and carbonization. At the same heating rate, the weight loss rate, peak conversion rate and carbon residue of the high molar ratio MUF resin (MUF-a) in the fast pyrolysis stage are larger than those of the MUF-b resin. The MUF-a resin pyrolysis activation energy is 166.76 kJ/mol, and the MUF-b resin pyrolysis activation energy is 95.30 kJ/mol. High molar ratio resin has higher pyrolysis activation energy and better thermal stability.


2011 ◽  
Vol 71-78 ◽  
pp. 3170-3173
Author(s):  
Ji Zhi Zhang ◽  
Xiao Ying Liu ◽  
Ying Ying Qiu ◽  
Xiao Mei Wang ◽  
Jian Zhang Li ◽  
...  

Urea-formaldehyde resin was modified by a modifier with different synthetic processes labelled as UFM1, UFM2, and UFM3 respectively. As a comparison, normal UF resin with a F/U molar ratio of 1.1 labelled as UF0 was synthesized. The thermal behavior of modified urea-formaldehyde resins was studied by TG-DTA techniques, and the properties of plywood bonded with the UFM resins were investigated. The conclusions were as follows: (1) the modifier used in this study could significantly reduce the free formaldehyde content of urea-formaldehyde resin and the formaldehyde emission of plywood; (2) The exothermic peak temperatures of DTA curve were 129.37, 125.05, 120.98, and 116.11 °C for UF0, UFM1, UFM2, and UFM3 respectively. (3) The plywood manufactured with UFM2 and UFM3 resins have high bonding strength (1.28MPa and 1.59MPa) and low formaldehyde emission value (E1 grade).


2015 ◽  
Vol 1096 ◽  
pp. 209-213
Author(s):  
Yi Cheng ◽  
Qi Kui Tian ◽  
Rui Li

The components in bio-oil are mainly concluding organic acid, aldehydes and phenolics. As the irregular cracking of the pyrolysis, the products are complex and difficult to separate. A comprehensive concept was presented and the extractions from bio-oil were used for modifying urea-formaldehyde (UF) resin in this study. Characterization by FT-IR and GC-MS indicated that the reaction mechanism. Phenol-oil addition amount and particle boards test were investigated resulted those 10% phenol-oil shows the best properties: viscosity of 73.36 mm/s, solid content of 52.25% and pH of 8.35 and the best pressing condition is 125°C for 5min which produce a 1.23MPa bond strengthen and 1.05 mg/L formaldehyde emission plywood.


BioResources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 2924-2936
Author(s):  
Zhongjian Ding ◽  
Zhongqiang Ding ◽  
Tianlin Ma ◽  
Hua Zhang

Urea-formaldehyde (UF) resins were synthesized with different molar ratios and solid contents, and simultaneously they were cured under conditions of different pH values. The curing behaviors of cured UF resins were examined by synchronous thermal analysis (TG-DSC). The crystallinity of cured UF resin was analyzed by X-ray diffractometry. The gel time of cured UF resin was recorded by chemical methods. The results indicate that condensation reactivity leads condensation reaction and crystallization to play various roles during the curing process of UF resin. The condensation reaction and crystallization in the curing process interact to result in different structures of cured resin. A new mechanism for UF resin curing (reaction-crystallization) is thus proposed.


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