Inventors:
Charles Edwan Sumner - Kingsport TN, US
Ramesh Chand Munjal - Kingsport TN, US
Ruairi Seosamh O'Meadhra - Sierentz, FR
Chester Wayne Sink - Kingsport TN, US
Jerry Steven Fauver - Kingsport TN, US
Robert Melvin Schisla - Kingsport TN, US
Shriram Bagrodia - Midlothian VA, US
Spencer Erich Hochstetler - Kingsport TN, US
Tera Jill Hardin - Elizabethton TN, US
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN
International Classification:
B32B 5/16
US Classification:
428402, 428407, 427212, 528129, 528137, 528139
Abstract:
Resol beads are disclosed that are prepared in high yield by reaction of a phenol with an aldehyde, with a base as catalyst, a colloidal stabilizer, and optionally a surfactant. The resol beads have a variety of uses, and may be thermally treated and carbonized to obtain activated carbon beads.