Description:
Cashew Nut Shell Liquid, CNSL, CNSL Oil, Cashew Shell oilCashew Nut ShellLiquid or CNSL or CashewNut Oil or Cashew ShellOil or CNSL Oil isa versatile by product of the Cashew industry. The nut has a shellof about 1/8 inch thickness inside which is a soft honey combstructure containing a dark reddish brown viscous liquid. Itis called CASHEW NUT SHELL LIQUID or CNSL. Which is the pericapfluid of the Cashew Nut. It is often considered as the betterand cheaper material for unsaturated phenols.
CNSL has innumerable applications, suchas friction linings, paints, laminating resins, rubber compoundingresins, cashew cements, polyurethane based polymers, surfactants,epoxy resins, foundry chemicals, and intermediates for chemicalindustry. It offers much scope and varied opportunities forthe development of other tailor-made polymers.
