BellPearl® Series are non-toxic, high performance phenolic resins with perfectly spherical shape. They are part of KOWA’s Microsphere series which is characterized with high molecular weight and low cross-linking density.
BellPearl® Series
Phenolic resin microspheres
PROPERTIES
- S type: A hot melt, self curing type. Soluble in solvents. Used as binder resins for moldings. Also used as thermo-setting resin.
- R type: Does not melt with heat. Cured type. Insoluble in solvents. Used as reactive organic filler to, for instance, improve thermal resistance of matrix.
- C type: Amorphous carbon particulates obtained by carbonizing R type Bellpearl. Used as filler to improve electric conductivity and frictional properties of matrix.