Question 1: What are the Various Furfural Uses?
Ans- Owing to its distinct properties, furfural finds a variety of uses. It is a specialized chemical solvent and is an important renewable feedstock that is converted into many useful solvents, polymers, fuels, and useful chemicals by using catalytic reduction.It is used as a solvent in the refining of lubricating oils and rosin.It improves the properties of diesel fuel and catalytic cracker recycle stocks.It is commonly used in the manufacture of resin-bonded abrasive wheels and in the purification of butadiene required for the production of synthetic rubber.Furfural is an important source of hexamethylenediamine which is used in the manufacturing of nylon.Furfural-phenolic resins obtained on condensation with phenol are of various uses.Furfural alcohol formed by passing furfural and hydrogen vapours over a copper catalyst at an elevated temperature is used in the plastic industry for the production of corrosion-resistant cement and cast-moulded items.