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Examination of Synthetic Resins by X-Rays

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WE have attempted to study the process of resinification by following with the aid of X-ray diffraction the transitional stages of structure taking place in an initially crystalline compound which on heating forms a resin. Well-known substances of this type are the phenolic alcohols, which on heating form the class of resins termed 'saliretins'. A first result of the X-ray method has been to show that p-cresol monoalcohol (2-hydroxy-methyl-4-methylphenol) changes over at an intermediate stage to an apparently new compound to which this note directs attention.

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  1. Chemical Research Laboratory (Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research), Teddington

    N. J. L. MEGSON

  2. National Physical Laboratory (Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research), Teddington

    W. A. WOOD

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MEGSON, N., WOOD, W. Examination of Synthetic Resins by X-Rays. Nature 140, 642–643 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140642a0

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