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furfuraldehyde

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/ ˌfɜːfjəˈrældəˌhaɪd /

noun

  1. Also called: furfural.  a colourless flammable soluble mobile liquid with a penetrating odour, present in oat and rice hulls; 2-furaldehyde: used as a solvent and in the manufacture of resins. Formula: C 5 H 4 O 2

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The tint obtained with the standard was then compared with that yielded by the gum distillate from which the respective ratios of furfuraldehyde are obtained.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 by Various

From these and some other substances, the following percentage yields of furfuraldehyde were obtained: Hydrocellulose, 0.854; oxycellulose, 2.113; reduced cellulose, 0.860; starch, 0.800; bleached cotton, 1.800; oxycellulose, prepared by means of chromic acid, 3.500.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.

Although furfuraldehyde is the natural decomposition product of pentosans, furfuryl alcohol is the main furane body of coffee aroma.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

The latter also, when distilled with hydrochloric acid, yields a larger proportion of furfuraldehyde than is obtained from nitrocellulose and nitrohydrocellulose.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.

That portion of the carbohydrates known as pentosans gives rise to furfuraldehyde, one of the important components of caffeol.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

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