Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
formaldehyde .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Same as
formaldehyde .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry The
IUPAC name forformaldehyde , rarely used in research or industry.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol
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Formaldehyde is also known as methanal, methylene oxide, oxymethylene, methylaldehyde, and oxomethane.
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YOU DONT HAVE TO DO ALL OF THEM DO WAT U CAN THANKS xx sodium dichromate (VI) methsnol is it CH3OH methanal is it CH2O
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