Furfuryl alcohol
Furfuryl alcohol is not an oil derived chemical. The basic raw materials for its manufacture are waste vegetable materials such as sugar cane bagasse, oat hulls, corn cobs and rice hulls. This reactive alcohol plays a vital role in the production
of foundry sand binders. For over thirty years it has been extensively used to produce cores and molds for metal casting. No wonder that the major part of furfuryl alcohol, manufactured at TransFurans Chemicals is purchased by foundry binder suppliers. Of course the remarkable properties of this chemical, such as low viscosity, high reactivity and excellent solvent characteristics have led to success in other fields.
Furfuryl alcohol, also called 2-furylmethanol or 2-furancarbinol, is an organic compound containing a furan substitited with a hydroxymethyl group. It is a clear amber liquid with a faint burning odor and a bitter taste. It is miscible with, but unstable in, water. It is soluble in common organic solvents. Upon treatment with acids, it forms a resin.
Furfuryl alcohol is manufactured industrially by the catalytic reduction of furfural which is obtained from corncobs and sugar cane bagasse. It finds use as a solvent, but is primarily used as an ingredient in the manufacture of various chemical products such as foundry resins, adhesives, and wetting agents.
Furfuryl alcohol has been used in rocketry as a fuel which ignites hypergolically (immediately and energetically in contact) with white fuming nitric acid or red fuming nitric acid oxidizer. This avoids needing separate igniters. Furfuryl alcohol is probably a BK channel agonist.
of foundry sand binders. For over thirty years it has been extensively used to produce cores and molds for metal casting. No wonder that the major part of furfuryl alcohol, manufactured at TransFurans Chemicals is purchased by foundry binder suppliers. Of course the remarkable properties of this chemical, such as low viscosity, high reactivity and excellent solvent characteristics have led to success in other fields.
Furfuryl alcohol, also called 2-furylmethanol or 2-furancarbinol, is an organic compound containing a furan substitited with a hydroxymethyl group. It is a clear amber liquid with a faint burning odor and a bitter taste. It is miscible with, but unstable in, water. It is soluble in common organic solvents. Upon treatment with acids, it forms a resin.
Furfuryl alcohol is manufactured industrially by the catalytic reduction of furfural which is obtained from corncobs and sugar cane bagasse. It finds use as a solvent, but is primarily used as an ingredient in the manufacture of various chemical products such as foundry resins, adhesives, and wetting agents.
Furfuryl alcohol has been used in rocketry as a fuel which ignites hypergolically (immediately and energetically in contact) with white fuming nitric acid or red fuming nitric acid oxidizer. This avoids needing separate igniters. Furfuryl alcohol is probably a BK channel agonist.
