Cardanol contributes to improved flexibility, good drying after baking, high electric insulation properties and thermal stability. These properties make Cardanol an effective substitute for the petroleum-based Phenol. Cardanol finds use in the chemical industry in Oil and Alcohol soluble resins, laminating resins, rubber compounding and coatings, serving as an excellent raw material for the preparation of high grade insulating varnishes, paints, enamels. It is used in friction materials, and surfactants as pigment dispersants for water-based inks and to make phenalkamines, which are used as curing agents for the durable epoxy coatings used on concrete floors. Cardanol can substitute Phenol in up to 30% in phenolic resins used as plywood bonding resin and for the lamination industries.
Application of Cardanol
| Application | Characteristics |
|---|---|
| Surface Coatings & Paints Marine Coating | The Cardanol based resins have good compatibility with other synthetic resins such as alkyds, epoxies chlorinated rubber, phenolic etc., and can serve as raw material for variety of paints. The Cardanol based resins have an excellent anti-corrosive characteristics |
| Rubber | Pure Cardanol acts as a deoxidant and plasticizer when incorporated into rubber |
| Bonding | Cardanol can be substituted for phenol by up to 30% in phenolic resins used as plywood binding resins and for the lamination industries for cost savings purposes. Alkemine condensates of cardanol are powerful adhesives used in metal to metal bonding. |
Cardanol Based Resins:Novolac & Resol resins Oil & Alcohol soluble resins Phenol-Cardanol-Formaldehyde resin |
Cardanol based resins show outstanding resistance to softening action of mineral oils and high resistance to acids & alkalis, it has antimicrobial and insect resistance properties. Cardanol based resins have found extensive uses in automotive brake lining applications as binders/friction dust |
Cardanol Derivatives:Surface Active Agent· Azo Dyes Wax Substitutes Mineral Oil Additives Pesticide Diluents and modifiers |
Cardanol Derivatives have been used as antioxidants, stabilizers and demulsifiers for petroleum products as well as plasticizers and processing aids for rubber compounds and modifiers for plastic materials. Cardanol and it Derivatives are also used as modifiers in coatings, adhesives, sealants, rubber , plastic, elastomers, composites and inks, in cosmetics for skin , in mosquito abatement, to coat granules used for fertilizers, insecticides, plant protection agents, fungicides and drying agents. |
| Brake Lining & Clutch Facings | Cardanol based resins have found extensive uses in automotive brake lining applications as binders/friction dust improving impact properties and reducing fade considerably by dissipating heat faster than phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resins. |
| Laminating Industry | Resole type cardanol formaldehyde resin solution in alcohol are used as adhesives for laminates |
| Insulating Varnish | Cardanol used as diluents in bis-phenol based epoxy resin provides extremely good insulating properties. |
| Putty and electrical | Polyurethane resins of cardanol are used in sealants encapsulating putts. |
| Surface active agents (Emulsifiers, dispersants and wetting agents) | Ethoxylated cardanol and sulfonated ethers of cardanol are used as oil in water emulsifiers in pesticides and as wetting agent in textile industries. |
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