A resin composition for forming a structural element such as a flooring panel includes a resin system including: 45-60 wt % of a plant-derived polyfurfuryl alcohol resin; up to 15 wt % of a non-structural filler such as talc or jute fibre; and 35-40 wt % of a glass fibre. 5 A method of making the structural element includes mixing the resin and filler to produce the resin system; laying up multiple layers of the resin system and the glass fibre in a mould; subjecting the mould to an initial heating profile in an initial resin curing step so that the resin system undergoes a condensation reaction and such that substantially all of the water produced in the condensation reaction has been removed, wherein the heating profile comprises a first, an intermediate, and a final temperature. The product is subsequently subjected to a post-curing step comprising a Diels-Alder reaction.

The present invention relates to resin particles including a residue unit represented by the following general formula (1) and having a volume average particle diameter equal to or more than 5 m and equal to or less than 2008 m, and a method for producing thereof. Fruthermore the present invention relates to a fluororesin comprising a residue unit represented by a general formula (1) and having a weight average molecular weight Mw in a range of 510.sup.4 to 310.sup.5, and a yellow index of a heat-melted molded product (thickness 3 mm) after 24 h at 280 C. of equal to or less than 6, and a method for producing thereof. ##STR00001##
In the formula (1), Rf.sub.1, Rf.sub.2, Rf.sub.3, and Rf.sub.4 are each independently one of the groups consisting of a fluorine atom, a linear perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, a branched perfluoroalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms, or a cyclic perfluoroalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms. The perfluoroalkyl group may have an ethereal oxygen atom. Further, Rf.sub.1, Rf.sub.2, Rf.sub.3, and Rf.sub.4 may be linked to one another to form a ring having 4 or more and 8 or less carbon atoms, and the ring may include an ethereal oxygen atom.