BS EN ISO 11401:1998
Plastics - Phenolic resins - Separation by liquid chromatography

Standard No.

BS EN ISO 11401:1998

Release Date

1998

Published By

British Standards Institution (BSI)

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BS EN ISO 11401:1998

Scope

1 This International Standard specifies chromato-graphic methods for the separation of phenolic resins into their component compounds. Separation takes place according to molecular weight and/or polarity. There are various liquid chromatographic methods: A: Gel-permeation chromatography B: High-performance liquid chromatography on polar columns C: High-performance liquid chromatography on non-polar columns It is possible to separate a phenolic resin into its components according to molecular size using method A (gel-permeation chromatography). Whereas free phenol and the sum of the dihydro-xydiphenylmethanes (in novolaks) and various methylolphenols (in resols) are quantitatively separ-ated in this procedure, high-molecular-weight compo-nents of the resins are only incompletely separated due to the multitude of isomers. Methods B and C (high-performance liquid chroma-tography) separate the compounds in the resin ac-cording to molecular weight and polarity. Molecular-weight effects predominate on polar sta-tionary phases (method B), and the effect of polarity on non-polar stationary phases (method C). These methods also allow quantitative determination of in-dividual low-molecular-weight resin components. Be-cause of the different resin solubilities, method B is more suitable for novolaks and method C for resols. 2 The methods are applicable to phenolic resins that are soluble in the solvents and solvent blends used. 3 This test is useful for characterization of pro-ducts and for research.

BS EN ISO 11401:1998 history

• 1998 BS EN ISO 11401:1998 Plastics - Phenolic resins - Separation by liquid chromatography