Furfuryl alcohol
CAS: 98-00-0
English name: Furfuryl alcohol
Other names: 2-furancarbinol, furyl carbinol
Molecular formula C5H6O2
Physical and chemical properties: It is colorless to light yellow transparent liquid, which gradually becomes darker when exposed to air. With special bitter and spicy odor, it is combustible, soluble in water and miscible with ethanol, ether, benzene, chloroform. It is easily polymerized with acid into difficult-to-melt resin.
Main application: It is an important organic chemical raw material, which is mainly used to produce furan resin with various properties, and also used to prepare fruit acid, plasticizer, solvent and rocket fuel. In addition, it is also widely used in dyes, synthetic fiber, rubber, pesticide, foundry and other industries.
Main technical indicators:
Appearance: It is colorless to light yellow transparent liquid without mechanical impurities.
| Density (g/cm3): | 1.129～1.135 |
| Refractive index (ηD20): | 1.485～1.488 |
| Moisture (%): | ≤0.2 |
| Acidity (mol/L): | ≤0.01 |
| Cloud point (℃): | ≤8.0 |
| Furfural (%): | ≤0.6 |
| Furfuryl alcohol (%): | ≥98.0 |
