furans in English

noun
1
a colorless volatile liquid with a planar unsaturated five-membered ring in its molecule.
Furfural reacts with phenols, ketones, and esters as an aldehyde; removal of the aldehyde group yields furan , which is converted to tetrahydrofuran, used in the manufacture of nylon.
noun
    furfuranfurane

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1. The 29 dioxin-like Congeners comprise 7 dioxins, 10 furans, and 12 PCBs

2. • polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (dioxins) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (furans) — from selected activities with no quantitative threshold.

3. Biogas produced from anaerobic digesters or landfill gas can have additional impurities such as siloxanes, dioxanes, and furans

4. This strategy was developed by the dioxins/furans Workgroup, Burn Barrel Subgroup and was finalized in February 2004.

5. Acetylenes Azetidines Benzaldehydes Biphenyls Boc-protected Boronics Furans Imidazoles Isoquinolines Nitriles Pyrroles Pyrazoles Quinazolines Quinolines Tetralones Thiophenes Miscellaneous: Featured Product

6. Plants that bleach wood pulp for paper making may generate chloroform, dioxins (including 2,3,7,8-TCDD), furans, phenols and chemical oxygen demand (COD).

7. The advice may be viewed by clicking on the Dioxins and Furans, the PCBs, and the Mercury links listed above and in the Topics Box.

8. The Valencian Government has merely issued an environmental impact statement, but this was alarmingly sketchy because, for example, it completely failed to mention heavy metals, dioxins, and furans.

9. Ubiquitously distributed compounds from the classes of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins/furans and biphenyls exhibit an antiestrogenic potential, while chemicals like p,p′-DDE, Linuron and Vinclozolin being competitive androgen receptor antagonists may act as antiandrogens.