NOUN
- a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent
How To Use furfural In A Sentence
- Hydroxymethyl furfural ( 5 - HMF ) is an index compound for beer stalking.
- But we shall require also to deal with the constituent groups of the complex, which for the purposes of this discussion may be regarded as (a) a cellulose of normal characteristics -- cellulose alpha; (b) a cellulose yielding furfural on boiling with condensing acids -- cellulose beta; and (c) a much condensed, and in part benzenoid, group which we may continue to term the lig_none_ group. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
- The yield of furfuraldehyde by the breaking down of arabin and metarabin was thought possibly to be of some value in differentiating the natural gums from one another, but we have not succeeded in obtaining results of much value. Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
- The latter also, when distilled with hydrochloric acid, yields a larger proportion of furfuraldehyde than is obtained from nitrocellulose and nitrohydrocellulose. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
- Allied to the normal Yielding furfural One-third of which celluloses approximately 50 p.ct. is of benzenoid type Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
- Glucose loses two water molecules and rearranges to form hydroxymethyl furfural, which polymerizes into brown pigments that add flavor and color to the candy.
- HCl it gave 15.3 p.ct. furfural; oxidised with nitric acid it yielded 10.4 p.ct. mucic acid. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
- Although furfuraldehyde is the natural decomposition product of pentosans, furfuryl alcohol is the main furane body of coffee aroma. All About Coffee
- The liquor undergoes a process of further evaporation and fermentation to remove volatile compounds like methanol, furfural and ethanol.
- The yield of furfuraldehyde by the breaking down of arabin and metarabin was thought possibly to be of some value in differentiating the natural gums from one another, but we have not succeeded in obtaining results of much value. Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891