GRANULAR OR POWDERY NITROGEN-CONTAINING PHENOL-ALDEHYDE COPOLYMER RESIN AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF

摘要

A granular or powdery nitrogen-containing phenol-aldehyde copolymer resin which is a condensation product of a phenol, a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogen atoms and an aldehyde, said granular or powdery resin being characterized by (A) containing spherical primary particles and secondary particles resulting from the agglomeration of the primary particles, each of said particles having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 100 microns, (B) having such a size that at least 50% by weight thereof can pass through a 150 Tyler mesh sieve, (C) having a free phenol content, determined by liquid chromatography, of not more than 50 ppm, and (D) having a D960-1020/D1450-1500 ratio of from 0.1 to 2.0 in its infrared absorption spectrum. The granular or powdery nitrogen-containing phenol-aldehyde copolymer resin may be produced by a process which comprises contacting a phenol and a nitrogen-containing compound having at least two active hydrogen atoms with a hydrochloric acid-formaldehyde bath containing 3 to 28% by weight of hydrochloric acid, 3 to 25% by weight of formaldehyde and 0 to 10% by weight of another aldehyde with the total concentration of hydrochloric acid and formaldehyde being 10 to 40% by weight, while maintaining a bath ratio, defined by the quotient of the weight of the hydrochloric acid-formaldehyde bath divided by the total weight of the phenol and the nitrogen-containing compound, of at least 8, said contacting being effected such that after contacting of the phenol and the nitrogen-containing compound with the bath, white suspended particles are formed and thereafter developed into a granular or powdery solid.