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HRID 380261Generated: October 29, 2026

Formaldehyde → Melamine formaldehyde

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Reaction equation

Participants

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

Reaction Conditions

Temperature60 °C

Reaction Steps

Apart from the above, melamine powder was added to an aqueous solution of 37% formaldehyde. This was controlled to have a pH of 9 with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide added thereto, and then heated at 60° C. for 30 minutes to obtain a melamine-formaldehyde prepolymer (this is a shell-coating resin).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06303259B1
Source datasetuspto-grants-2001_10
ORD IDord-c9141f0cd4ae4d40bab2b8878c126215
Source noteuspto-grants-2001_10