{"id":45,"date":"2021-08-09T06:26:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T06:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrofoamco.com\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2021-08-15T05:20:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T05:20:24","slug":"polymaster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/retrofoamco.com\/retrofoam-resources\/polymaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"45\" class=\"elementor elementor-45\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a78ef0f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a78ef0f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5478603d\" data-id=\"5478603d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71703f4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71703f4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Polymaster<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2140702c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2140702c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b1d23fd\" data-id=\"5b1d23fd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-180674eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"180674eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-content\"><p>Chemical Composition of RetroFoam<\/p><p>RetroFoam is a kiln-dried aminoplast foam, where the \u201camino\u201d term chemically refers to a urea nitrogen-based polymer.\u00a0 RetroFoam insulation is generated when the dry RetroFoam resin is combined with water and brought together with a Foaming Agent Catalyst (FAC) under air pressure. The FAC mixes with compressed air to generate a foam substrate that contains the catalyst needed to complete the polymerization process.\u00a0 The polymer forms around the air bubbles contained in the foam and becomes aminoplast foam.<\/p><p>Chemical classification of RetroFoam Resin<\/p><p>RetroFoam resin is technically classified as a urea-formaldehyde (UF) material, however this material is functionally different from Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation (UFFI) materials used during the 1970s.\u00a0 The older materials associated with UFFI were liquid resins that required formulation with an excess of formaldehyde that was needed to maintain the shelf life of the product.\u00a0 Liquid resins continue to polymerize after they are manufactured, therefore an excess of formaldehyde was needed to maintain the activity of the resin during transportation and storage from the point of manufacture to the point of use.\u00a0 The excess formaldehyde contained in these solutions was as high as 10%, which was directly responsible for the off-gassing issues associated with these liquid resins.<\/p><p>The kiln-dried resin used by PolyMaster was not available at the time of the general ban that was placed on the use of UFFI materials in the late 1970s, both in the US and in Canada.\u00a0 The RetroFoam resin is produced by reacting carefully controlled amounts of urea and formaldehyde under a heat and pH-controlled environment, which is stopped at the point that contains a specific molar ratio of polymers called \u201cpre-polymers\u201d based on polymethylol urea.\u00a0 This mixture is controlled by the manufacturing process itself that limits the formaldehyde content to 0.17% by weight.\u00a0 At a specified point during manufacture, the liquid resin is kiln dried into a free flowing powder that removes any volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including free formaldehyde, which normally exists as a gas or liquid (e.g. liquid &gt; 37% formaldehyde).<\/p><p>The final product is a dry UF powder resin that contains no liquids, VOCs, or free formaldehyde.\u00a0 The material is mixed just prior to installation and therefore does not require an excess of formaldehyde to increase the shelf-life of the older UFFI products. 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