Synthesis, Chemical Resistance and Thermal Behavior of Polyfurfural Alcohol

Abstract

Polyfuifural alcohol (PFA) is a thermosetting polymers of furan class which has gained great importance mainly due to it being obtained from renewable resources, so in this study PFA was synthesis through polymerization of furfural alcohol in acidic medium. PFA was evaluated, and the chemical resistance of cured PFA toward some chemical compounds was study and it was observed that the cured resin was stable towards most of these chemical compounds during the test time. On the other hands heat treatments of cured resin was study at different temperatures, and the results shown that the resin has high char contents, and the FTIR study of the heat cured resin indicates some chemical change in the polymer structure