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HRID 1251300Generated: November 3, 2026

Formaldehyde → Melamine formaldehyde

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormaldehydeHCID 712—
ReactantMelamineHCID 7955—
ReactantSodium HydroxideHCID 14798—
SolventWaterHCID 962—
ProductMelamine formaldehydeHCID 93374—

Reaction Steps

Commercial melamine powder was added to an aqueous 37% formaldehyde solution, and the pH of the obtained mixture was brought to 9.0 with sodium hydroxide solution. The mixture was heated for 30 minutes at a water temperature of 60° C. to obtain a melamine-formaldehyde prepolymer.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06342329B1
Source datasetuspto-grants-2002_01
ORD IDord-e1d085a43b6d4b0984a5e401a4638a02
Source noteuspto-grants-2002_01