Formaldehyde
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It is used as preservative in food, paints and cosmetics. Used as an antiseptic in medicine, disinfectant in funeral home, used in making RDX. To improve the yield of fuels it is used in petroleum and natural gas industries. It is also used in the manufacture of ink |
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Formaldehyde (systematic name methanal) is a naturally occurring organic compound with the formula CH2O (H−CHO). The pure compound is a pungent-smelling colorless gas that polymerizes spontaneously into paraformaldehyde (refer to section Forms below), hence it is stored as an aqueous solution (formalin). It is the simplest of the aldehydes (R−CHO). The common name of this substance comes from its similarity and relation to formic acid. Formaldehyde is an important precursor to many other materials and chemical compounds. In 1996, the installed capacity for the production of formaldehyde was estimated at 8.7 million tons per year. Formaldehyde is more complicated than many simple carbon compounds in that it adopts several diverse forms. These compounds can often be used interchangeably and can be interconverted. |
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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