Phenol (tsarin sinadarai: C6H5OH, PHOH), wanda kuma aka sani da carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, shine mafi sauƙin phenolic kwayoyin halitta, crystal mara launi a dakin zafin jiki. Mai guba. Phenol wani sinadari ne na gama-gari kuma yana da mahimmancin ɗanyen abu don samar da wasu resins, fungicides, preservatives, da magunguna kamar aspirin.

Matsayi guda hudu da amfani da phenol
1. An yi amfani da shi a masana'antar mai, kuma yana da mahimmancin kayan aikin sinadarai mai mahimmanci, tare da shi za'a iya sanya resin phenolic, caprolactam, bisphenol A, salicylic acid, picric acid, pentachlorophenol, phenolphthalein, mutum  acetyl ethoxyaniline da sauran kayayyakin sinadarai da kuma tsaka-tsaki, a cikin albarkatun albarkatun, alkyl phenols, zaruruwan roba, robobi, roba roba, Pharmaceuticals, kwari, kayan yaji, dyes, coatings da kuma man tace masana'antu Yana da fadi da aikace-aikace a sinadarai albarkatun kasa, alkyl phenols, roba zaruruwa, robobi, roba roba, Pharmaceuticals, magungunan kashe qwari, kayan yaji, dyes, coatings da man tace masana'antu.

2. An yi amfani da shi azaman reagent na nazari, irin su ƙarfi da gyare-gyare na halitta don chromatography ruwa, reagent don tantance ƙayyadaddun ammonia da ƙayyadaddun ƙarancin-Layer na carbohydrates. Ana kuma amfani da shi azaman maganin kashe kwayoyin cuta da maganin kashe kwayoyin cuta, kuma ana amfani dashi a cikin hadadden kwayoyin halitta. Ana amfani da shi sosai a cikin robobi, rini, magunguna, robar roba, kayan yaji, sutura, tace mai, fiber na roba da sauran masana'antu.

3. An yi amfani da shi azaman antioxidant don plating tin fluoroborate da tin alloy, kuma ana amfani da su azaman sauran abubuwan da ake amfani da su na electroplating.

4. Ana amfani da shi wajen samar da resin phenolic, bisphenol A, caprolactam, aniline, alkyl phenol, da dai sauransu. A cikin masana'antar tace man fetur, ana amfani da shi azaman zaɓaɓɓen kaushi na cirewa don mai mai, kuma ana amfani dashi a cikin masana'antar filastik da masana'antu.