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MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE [3 records]

Record 1 2004-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials
CONT

Rigid materials are exemplified by the decorative high-pressure laminates whose integral melamine-formaldehyde surface is harder than conventional varnishes or lacquers.

CONT

Gluing. Urea-Formaldehyde (UF) Resin. Melamine-Formaldehyde (MF) Resin. Phenol-Formaldehyde (PF) Resin. Isocyanate (MDI) Polymer. MF resin is used sparingly for engineered wood products and only in combination to improve the strength of UF-bonded MDF and PB.

CONT

Melamine formaldehyde (MF) thermoset products became leading members of the amino resin family, including urea and thiourea, because of superior properties. MF resins were developed through the 1930s and 1940s in companies such as American Cyanamid, Ciba and Henkel. Early applications, including fabric impregnation and adhesives, were followed by the introduction of moulding powders containing cellulosic fibres, pigments and fillers.

OBS

MF: This might be an in-house or a non-recognized abbreviation; not to be used alone, to avoid any risk of confusion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
CONT

[Les résines aminées les] plus courantes sont obtenues par la condensation de l'urée ou de la mélamine avec le formaldéhyde. On les identifie par les termes urée formaldéhyde et mélamine formaldéhyde.

CONT

NF EN ISO 14527-1. - Plastiques. - Poudres à mouler à base d'urée-formaldéhyde et d'urée/mélamine-formaldéhyde (UF- et UF/MF-PMC).

OBS

MF : abréviation non officielle; ne pas l'utiliser seule, pour éviter tout risque de confusion.

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials
CONT

With an equivalent dry extract content, the superplasticizer giving us the best performance...is...which is based on modified melamine formaldehyde sulfonate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
CONT

à dosage en extrait sec équivalent, le superplastifiant nous donnant la plus grande satisfaction [...] est [...] qui est à base de mélamine formaldéhyde sulfonate modifiée.

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Concrete
DEF

Synthetic product [from Germany], with highly dispersive properties, known variously as superplasticizer, high-range water reducer, and fluidifier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de béton
DEF

Produit de synthèse [allemand], aux propriétés dispersantes beaucoup plus efficaces que les lignosulfates, commercialisé sous divers noms : superplastifiant, superréducteur d'eau, réducteur d'eau de deuxième génération et fluidifiant.

Spanish

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