Urea formaldehyde concentrate is a clear and viscous liquid that contains mainly formaldehyde and urea with 60% and 25% content respectively while the rest 15% is water. Urea formaldehyde concentrate carries highest percentage of formaldehyde in liquid form.
It is widely used as an anti-caking agent for the urea fertilizer to avoid lump formation of urea because lumped urea is difficult to use by farmers. It is also used for production of urea formaldehyde resins and other urea based resins.
Major applications
- Fertilizer industry – in urea as anti-caking agent
- Slow release fertilizer
- Lamination industry for manufacturing of urea based resin / glue resin for wood industry, such as-
- UF liquid resins
- UF powder resins
- UF molding compounds
- MUF resins etc.