Synthetic resins and their raw materials / A survey of the types and uses of synthetic resins, the organization of the industry, and the trade in resins and raw materials, with particular references to factors essential to tariff consideration. Under the general provisions of section 332, title III, part II, Tariff act of 1930.

by United States Tariff Commission

Resins from sugar.

Many attempts have been made to utilize sugar as a raw material for synthetic resins. United States Patent No. 1,949,831, dated March 6, 1934, claims a process for the manufacture of molding compounds by condensing saccharide with aldehydes and urea. Pure sucrose yields a clear, colorless, nonresilient resin, while molasses and cane sugar give dark-colored resins. The trade name Sakaloid is used to designate certain of these resins; there is, however, no known domestic production. Sucrolite is the trade name of a brand of resins from sugar produced in Europe.