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HRID 618617Generated: November 1, 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

Separately from the above, commercially available melamine powder was added to an aqueous 37% formaldehyde solution, and the pH of the mixture obtained was adjusted to 9.0 using a sodium hydroxide solution, followed by heating at a water temperature of 60° C. for 30 minutes to obtain a melamine-formaldehyde prepolymer.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05955237
Source datasetuspto-grants-1999_09
ORD IDord-4d82a96a3ac247ea8c16a7ed24da2e16
Source noteuspto-grants-1999_09