HMF

H4M3F4

noun

5-hydroxymethylfurfuran

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Meanings

nounHMF (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistry5-hydroxymethylfurfuran

    To obtain pure HMF, chemists have had to redissolve it in a solvent that is hard to boil away, making the process costly and inefficient.

    2006, J. R. Minkel, “Pre-Plastic Fantastic”, in Scientific American, 259(3):36
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