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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



... if some lethal vapour of highly preservative properties—such as formaldehyde, for instance—could be shed into the atmosphere of this apartment, the entire and complete collection of books and bookworms would be well worth preserving, for the enlightenment of posterity, as a ...
— The Vanishing Man • R. Austin Freeman

... is both a delicate and disagreeable operation: none of the agents recommended to substitute the sulphydrates have proved available. Of these the author mentions ferrous chloride (6), ferrous chloride in alcohol (7), formaldehyde (8), sulphocarbonates. The different sulphydrates (9) have very different effects. The calcium compound tends to harden and weaken the thread. The ammonia compound requires great care and is costly. The magnesium compound works rapidly and gives the strongest thread. ...
— Researches on Cellulose - 1895-1900 • C. F. Cross

... life. Lay it to circumscribed environment, and the lack of twenty miles over the pampa before breakfast. We have all been vaccinated, and the officious gentlemen from the board of health have taken their grins and their formaldehyde and gone. Ye gods, ...
— When a Man Marries • Mary Roberts Rinehart



Words linked to "Formaldehyde" :   gas, aldehyde, polyvinyl-formaldehyde



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