Melamine resins: process for their manufacture and the compression moulding compositions produced from the melamine resins

Abstract

Partially etherified melamine-formaldehyde resins having a melamine: formaldehyde molar ratio of 1:(1.25 to 1) can be prepared by a condensation reaction under neutral or weakly alkaline conditions if the condensation reaction is carried out in the presence of a glycol monoether of the general formula I R (OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2).sub.n OH (I) wherein R denotes alkyl having 1 to 4 C atoms and n denotes a number from 1 to 5. The partially etherified melamine-formaldehyde resins are suitable for the production of compression moulding compositions having a high flow and minimal processing shrinkage and after-shrinkage.

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