Glossary F
Fiberglass described as the most familiar type of insulation. It is spun from molten glass, and is pure white in its virgin state.
Fermented and renneted milk products (plain), excluding food category 01.1.2 (dairy -based drinks) (01.2) -includes all plain products based on skim, part-skim, low-fat and whole milk.
Fusel oil refers to a term used to describe the higher alcohols, generally the various forms of propanol, butanol and amyl alcohol, which are congeners, or by-products of ethanol fermentation.
Fluidized-bed combustion is described as a clean coal technology that removes sulfur from coal combustion as well as limiting the formation of nitrogen oxides. It involves suspending crushed coal and limestone in the bottom of a boiler by an upward moving stream of hot air.