Bakelite® urea-formaldehyde and phenol-formaldehyde resins are used in coated abrasives, bonded abrasives and wheels, sandpaper, scrub pads and other industrial abrasive applications. Introducing BREAKTHRU™ technology, a unique development that laboratory analysis has shown to decrease free formaldehyde to less than 0.1% versus the typical 0.3-1.5% in phenolic resins. Other potential benefits include reduced free phenol and solvent elimination, with the attendant VOC reduction. Examples of our resins for abrasives applications are below.
| ABRASIVE RESINS | Chemistry | Description | Viscosity, cps @25° C | Free Formaldehyde, % | Free Phenol, % |
| Bakelite® 5006 | Phenol-formaldehyde | High-solids resin for a variety of substrates | 2600 - 3400 | 1.0 max | 5.0 – 7.0 |
| Bakelite® 011K60 | Phenol-formaldehyde | Low viscosity, low solids resin for a variety of substrates, light color allows for dye addition | 120 - 150 | 0.5 max | 1.0 max |
| Bakelite® 5403 | Phenol-formaldehyde | Low viscosity, high-solids resin for a variety of substrates | 400 - 900 | 0.5 max | 6.0 – 8.5 |
| Bakelite® 5085 | Modified Phenol-formaldehyde | Designed for grinding wheels and mounting points | 2500 - 3000 | 1.0 max | 5.0 - 6.0 max |
| Bakelite® 5510, 5520, 5546 | Phenolic Hexa powders | Used in a variety of abrasive applications. Designed for specific cure time and hexa content for crosslinking | Powder | NA | 4.6 - 5.3 |
| Bakelite® 196K55 | Urea-formaldehyde | Low viscosity thermoset used to lower overall cost of abrasive products | 600 - 1000 | <0.3 | NA |
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