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Resin is a hydrocarbon secretion formed in special resin canals of many plants, from many of which (for example, coniferous trees) it is exuded in soft drops from wounds, hardening into solid masses in the air. It may be obtained by making incisions in the bark or wood of the secreting plant. It can also be extracted from resin-bearing plants by leaching of the tissues with alcohol. Download high resolution version (980x1360, 144 KB) Resin This image shows resin with an insect (an ant?). Photographer André Karwath aka Aka Date 2005-04-23 License GNU FDL Camera data Camera Nikon D70 Lens Tamron SP AF 90mm/2. ... Download high resolution version (980x1360, 144 KB) Resin This image shows resin with an insect (an ant?). Photographer André Karwath aka Aka Date 2005-04-23 License GNU FDL Camera data Camera Nikon D70 Lens Tamron SP AF 90mm/2. ... In chemistry, a hydrocarbon is any chemical compounds that consists only of carbon (C) and hydrogen (H). ... Secretion is the process of segregating, elaborating, and releasing chemicals from a cell. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Orders & Families Cordaitales † Pinales   Pinaceae - Pine family   Araucariaceae - Araucaria family   Podocarpaceae - Yellow-wood family   Sciadopityaceae - Umbrella-pine family   Cupressaceae - Cypress family   Cephalotaxaceae - Plum-yew family   Taxaceae - Yew family Vojnovskyales † Voltziales † The conifers, division Pinophyta, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. ... BARK (Bin r Automatisk Rel Kalkylator) was completed in February 1950 at a cost of 400. ... A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is a organic material found as the primary content of the stems of woody plants, especially trees, but also shrubs. ... In general usage, alcohol (from Arabic al-khwl الكحول, or al-ghawl الغول) refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, and often to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). ...

Plants produce resins for various reasons whose relative importances are debated. It is known that resins seal the plant's wounds, kill insects and fungi, and also allow the plant to eliminate excess metabolites.

Resin as produced by most plants is a viscous liquid, typically composed mainly of volatile fluid terpenes, with lesser components of dissolved non-volatile solids which make resin viscous and sticky. The commonest terpenes in resin are the bicyclic terpenes alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, delta-3 carene and sabinene, the monocyclic terpenes limonene and terpinolene, and smaller amounts of the tricyclic sesquiterpenes longifolene, caryophyllene and delta-cadinene. The individual components of resin can be separated by fractional distillation. A liquid will assume the shape of its container. ... Terpenes are a class of hydrocarbons, produced by many plants, particularly conifers. ... Limonene is a hydrocarbon, classed as a terpene. ... Strathisla whisky distillery in Keith, Scotland Distillation is a means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points. ...

A few plants produce resins with different compositions, most notably Jeffrey Pine and Gray Pine, the volatile components of which are largely pure n-heptane with little or no terpenes. The exceptional purity of the n-heptane distilled from Jeffrey Pine resin, unmixed with other isomers of heptane, led to its being used as the defining zero point on the octane rating scale of petrol quality. As heptane is explosively inflammable, distillation of resins containing it is very dangerous; before Jeffrey Pine was distinguished as a separate species from the similar, but terpene-producing Ponderosa Pine in the mid to late 19th century, some resin distilleries in California exploded as a result. Binomial name Pinus jeffreyi Balf. ... Binomial name Pinus sabineana The Gray Pine (Pinus sabineana) is a pine endemic to California in the United States. ... Heptane (also known as dipropyl methane, gettysolve-C or heptyl hydride) is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)5CH3. ... In chemistry, isomers are molecules with the same chemical formula and often with the same kinds of bonds between atoms, but in which the atoms are arranged differently. ... Heptane (also known as dipropyl methane, gettysolve-C or heptyl hydride) is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)5CH3. ... Petrol pumps in Germany Petrol (commonly known as gasoline in North America, and sometimes also called motor spirit) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... Petrol pumps in Germany Petrol (commonly known as gasoline in North America, and sometimes also called motor spirit) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ... Binomial name Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. Lawson Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) is a widespread and very variable pine native to western North America. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

Solidified resin from which the volatile terpene components have been removed by distillation is known as rosin. Typical rosin is a transparent or translucent mass, with a vitreous fracture and a faintly yellow or brown colour, non-odorous or having only a slight turpentine odour and taste. It is insoluble in water, mostly soluble in alcohol, essential oils, ether and hot fatty oils, softens and melts under the influence of heat, is not capable of sublimation, and burns with a bright but smoky flame. This comprises a complex mixture of different substances including organic acids named the resin acids. These are closely related to the terpenes, and derive from them through partial oxidation. Resin acids can be dissolved in alkalis to form resin soaps, from which the purified resin acids are regenerated by treatment with acids. Examples of resin acids are abietic acid (sylvic acid), C₂₀H₃₀O₂, and pimaric acid, C₂₀H₃₅O₂, a constituent of gallipot resin. Abietic acid can also be extracted from rosin by means of hot alcohol; it crystallizes in leaflets, and on oxidation yields trimellitic acid, isophthalic acid and terebic acid. Pimaric acid closely resembles abietic acid into which it passes when distilled in a vacuum; it has been supposed to consist of three isomers. Rosin is a solid form of resin obtained from pines and some other plants, mostly conifers, produced by heating fresh liquid resin to vapourise the volatile liquid terpene components. ... The most fundamental reactions in chemistry are the redox processes. ... For the battery, see alkaline battery The word alkali can mean:- In chemistry, an alkali is a specific type of base, formed as a carbonate, hydroxide or other ionic salt of an alkali metal or alkali earth metal element. ... Also known as: abietinic acid, sylvic acid, 13-isopropylpodocarpa-7,13-dien-15-oic acid Molecular formula: C19H29COOH CAS No: 514_10_3 EINECS No: 208_173_3 The ester is called an abietate. ... Phthalic acids, also known as benzene dicarboxylic acids, are organic acids with the chemical formula C6H4(COOH)2. ... See vacuum cleaner for information on the home appliance. ... In chemistry, isomers are molecules with the same chemical formula and often with the same kinds of bonds between atoms, but in which the atoms are arranged differently. ...

Some resins when soft are known as oleo-resins, and when containing benzoic acid or cinnamic acid they are called balsams. Other resinous products are in their natural condition mixed with gum or mucilaginous substances and known as gum resins. Many compound resins have distinct and characteristic odours, from their admixture with essential oils. Structural formula Benzoic acid, C6H5C(O)OH, is an aromatic carboxylic acid. ... Cinnamic acid Cinnamic acid has the formula C6H5CHCHCOOH and is an odorless white crystalline acid, which is slightly soluble in water. ... Balsam is a term used for various pleasantly scented plant products. ...

The hard transparent resins, such as the copals, dammars, mastic and sandarach, are principally used for varnishes and cement, while the softer odoriferous oleo-resins (frankincense, elemi, turpentine, copaiba) and gum resins containing essential oils (ammoniacum, asafoetida, gamboge, myrrh, and scammony) are more largely used for therapeutic purposes and incense. Binomial name Pistacia lentiscus L. Mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 3-4 m tall, native to the Mediterranean region from Morocco and Iberia east to Turkey. ... Varnish is a finish applied to wood or other surfaces in order to provide a clear, hard, durable, protective finish. ... In the general sense, a cement (Latin caementum) is any material with adhesive properties. ... Frankincense is an aromatic resin obtained from the tree Boswellia thurifera or . ... Binomial name Canarium luzonicum (Blume) A.Gray Elemi Canarium luzonicum is a tree native to the Philippine Islands, and an oleo-resin harvested from it. ... Turpentine is a fluid obtained by distillation from resin obtained from trees, mainly various species of pine (Pinus). ... Asafoetida, Ferula asafoetida (family Umbelliferae), is a resin gum which comes from the dried sap from the stem and roots of the wild fennel genus Ferula. ... Gamboge is a yellow pigment extracted from cattle urine. ... Myrrh is a red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of the Commiphora myrrha tree, indigenous to Somalia. ... Binomial name Convolvulus scammonia Scammony (Convolvulus scammonia) is a bindweed native to the countries of the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin; it grows in bushy waste places, from Syria in the south to the Crimea in the north, its range extending westward to the Greek islands, but not to...

Certain resins are obtained in a fossilized condition, amber being the most notable instance of this class; African copal and the kauri gum of New Zealand are also procured in a semi-fossil condition. AMBER (an acronym for Assisted Model Building and Energy Refinement) is a force field for molecular dynamics originally developed by Peter Kollmans group in the University of California, San Francisco. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... Copal is a type of resin, sometimes referred to as pom (the Maya language name). ... Binomial name Agathis australis (D. Don) Loudon The Kauri (Agathis australis) is a coniferous tree native to the northern North Island of New Zealand. ...

Synthetic resin

Synthetic resins are according to DIN 55958 (December 1988) epoxy resins, which are manufactured through polymerization—polyaddition or polycondensation reactions. They can be modified by natural substances, e.g. vegetable or animal oils and/or natural resins, or be manufactured by veresterung or soaping of natural resins. Polymerization is the formation of long, repeating organic polymer chains. ...