Kumaraswamy Chemicals

Panruti, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

Cashew nut shell liquid is a co-product of the cashew nut industry and is sourced primarily from South America and Asia. It is a dark liquid comprised of different unsaturated alkenyl substituted phenols. The Cashew nut shell liquid is the by-product of Cashew industry. The oil is being extracted from the cashew nut shell, which is a pericarp fluid of the cashew nut. This is purely a natural product and no chemical is added.

This is thermosetting as well as binding resin that is used for brake lining together. This resin act as a good binding agent and is the best modified Phenolic type as it offers required characteristics of a straight phenolic nature. Without the oil bleeding it gives much flexibility, good thermal stability and much impact resistance, which cause the decrease in the co-efficient of friction.

Cardanol sometime known as Card Phenol is manufactured from Cashew Nut shell Liquid. It is Monohydroxy Benz with the C15H27 hydrocarbon chain substituted in the position and it is a light brown liquid. Cardanol is main constituent of CNSL. It is a Monohydroxy Phenol having C15H27 hydrocarbon chain in Meta position. It has a molecular weight of 300.