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Formaldehyde   /fɔrmˈældəhˌaɪd/  /fərmˈældəhˌaɪd/   Listen
Formaldehyde

noun
1.
A colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol.  Synonym: methanal.



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"Formaldehyde" Quotes from Famous Books



... herself about the room; it was a bare, antiseptic spot, fragrant of carbolic and formaldehyde. I could see that she was chaffing me; but I let her have her way in this, just as she ruled the diet, ...
— Cupid's Middleman • Edward B. Lent

... minutes, such pathogenic germs as are at all likely to be in milk (tubercle, typhoid, diphtheria, &c.) are killed, and the value of the milk is but little affected: this is called Pasteurising. It was until quite recently a common practice to add boric acid, formaldehyde and other preservatives; this has injured the vitality and caused the death of many infants. They have not yet gone quite ...
— The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition • A. W. Duncan



Words linked to "Formaldehyde" :   aldehyde, gas



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