Cashew nut Shell Liquid
We offer Cashew nut shell liquid which is a co-product of the cashew nut industry and primarily a natural products where the processing involves no use of chemicals. It is a dark liquid which is comprised of different unsaturated alkenyl substituted phenols.
Cashewnut Shell Liquid is a by-product of the cashew industry. The nut has a shell of about 1/8 inch thickness inside which is a soft honeycomb structure containing a dark reddish brown viscous liquid. It is called the cashewnut shell liquid, which is the
pericarp fluid of the cashewnut.
C.N.S.L. has innumerable applications in polymer based industries such as friction linings, paints and varnishes, laminating resins, rubber compounding resins, cashew cements, polyurethane based polymers, surfactants, epoxy resins, foundry chemicals and intermediates for chemical industry. It offers much scope and varied opportunities for the development of other tailor – made polymers.
CNSL Specifications
|
PARAMETER |
RESULTS |
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Specific gravity at 30C’ |
0.9605 |
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Viscosity 30C’ by FORD cup No.4 |
40 seconds |
|
Viscosity by Broke field’s viscometer |
115 cps |
|
Polymerization on time |
3.02 minutes |
|
Moisture % by Wt. loss method |
0.209 |
|
Ash % by wt |
0.401 |
|
I Iodine Value (minimum) |
Above 280 |
|
Ph |
7.8 |
|
Acid Value |
3.9 |
|
Matter insoluble in toluene wt % |
0.12 |
