FORMALDEHYDE

Formaldehyde

Formaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula CH2O or HCHO. It is the simplest aldehyde, hence its systematic name methanal. The common name of the substance comes from its similarity and relation to formic acid.

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formaldehyde

Noun

  1. The simplest aldehyde, H-CHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formalin.


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