Reaction Kinetic Studies of Waste Polymer and Hydrolytic Chlorine in EOCN Production

1Results and Discussion EOCNs are widely used by electric and electronics industries and coating and adhesive fields(see Tab. 1 ). EOCNs( =Epoxy O-Cresol Novolac)can be produced commercially in a two-step reaction, which consistsmainly of a novolac reaction step of o-cresol with formalin and an epoxidising step of the the novolac resins with epichlorohydrine in the presence of alkari hydroxide such as caustic soda, byproducing waste polymers which affect adversely fromthe viewpoint of process economy.