DETERMINATION OF HYDROXYL NUMBER:

Hydroxyl number is defined as the milligrams of KOH equivalent to the gram of the substance
(resin) taken. It is used to find out the amount of curative (TDI) required for the formulation.

Procedure :

One gram of resin is weighed into a 500ml Erlenmeyer flask. A 10ml mixture of dry pyridine
and acetic anhydride (in the ratio 3:1) is pipetted out into the flask. The resin is dissolved in the
mixture by agitation. A water condenser is attached to the flask and refluxed for 50 minutes in a
water bath. Then 10ml of distilled water is added through the condenser carefully to thoroughly
wash down the material in the tubes. Heating is further continued for 2-5 minutes. The mixture
is allowed to cool. Then the condenser is removed and the sides are washed down with 10ml
butanol. The mixture is then titrated against 1N NaOH using phenolphthalein as indicator. The
end point is the appearance of a slight pink colour. A blank titration was also carried out.

Hydroxyl number = (B-V) × N×56.1/S×10

Where, B is the volume of NaOH consumed by the blank.

V is the volume of NaOH consumed by the sample in ml.

N is the normality of NaOH.

S is the weight of sample in grams.