formaldehyde

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.

/fɔː(ɹ)ˈmældɪhaɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-formaldehyde.wav

formaldehyde formaldehydes

From form(yl) + aldehyde.

E240 methanal

formalin formic acid formol thioformaldehyde

deuteroformaldehyde formose metaformaldehyde paraformaldehyde phenol formaldehyde resin polyformaldehyde urea-formaldehyde

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