Insect Repellent (also commonly called “bug spray”) is a substance applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces that discourages insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. Insect repellents help prevent and control outbreaks of insect-borne diseases...

Urea Formaldehyde is one example of a polymer that is the result of condensation of urea with formaldehyde. This type of polymer is widely used in industry for various purposes such as adhesive materials (61%), medium density fiberboard (27%), hardwood plywood (5%) and laminates (7%) in furniture...

Formaline Scavanger formaldehyde scavengers in wood-based panels. Sodium metabisulfite, ammonium bisulfite and urea were applied in different physical forms during particleboard production, and the resulting physical-mechanical properties (internal bond strength, thickness swelling, density and...

Melamine Formaldehyde Melamine resin or melamine formaldehyde (also abbreviated as melamine) is a hard plastic material made from melamine and formaldehyde by polymerization. In butylated form, it is dissolved in n-butanol and xylene. It is then used to cross-link with alkyd, epoxy, acrylic,...

Phenol Formaldehyde Phenol-formaldehyde resin, also called phenolic resin, any of a number of synthetic resins made by reacting phenol (an aromatic alcohol derived from benzene) with formaldehyde (a reactive gas derived from methane). Phenol-formaldehyde resin was the first truly commercialized...