Process for the manufacture of anionic, sulfonic acid group-melamine or melamine urinstofformaldehydkondensationsprodukter in aqueous solution with a solids content aloud

摘要

Aqueous solutions of melamine-formaldehyde and melamine-urea-formaldehyde condensation products having anionic sulfo groups in concentrations as high as 50% by weight may be prepared in a three-stage process. In the first stage, melamine or a mixture of melamine with up to 40 mole-% urea, formaldehyde, and an alkali metal sulfite are condensed in aqueous solution at 60 DEG -80 DEG C and pH 10-13 until the solution is free from readily detectable amounts of sulfite. In the second stage, condensation is continued at pH 3.0-4.5 for 30 to 90 minutes. In the third stage, a temperature of 70 DEG to 95 DEG C and a pH of 7.5 to 9.0 are maintained until a sample of the solution, when diluted to 20% solids by weight, has a viscosity of 5 to 40 centipoises at 20 DEG C.