Patent ID: 6046284
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: C08G,C08L,Y10S

Abstract:
An epoxy resin which is solid at room temperature and which comprises the product of epoxidizing a modified phenolic hydroxyl-containing resin having a low free difunctional phenol content comprising a resin of formula (1) ##STR3## wherein X represents a residue of difunctional phenol and n is 0 or a positive integer; and wherein the X's at different positions may be the same or different;said resin having a phenolic hydroxyl group equivalent of from 300 to 1200 q/eg; and,wherein residues of unreacted difunctional phenol is less than 5% by weight of the resin, with an epihalohydrin,said epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent in the range of 450 to 2500 g/eq.