FTP identify this chemical, formula HCHO, best known for its use as an embalming agent, the simplest of the aldehydes.
Derived from the vapor-phase oxidation of methanol, it yields methenamine when mixed with ammonia. It reacts in speical ways with proteins, causing it to be used as a soil sterilant and disinfectant. FTP identify this chemical, formula HCHO, best known for its use as an embalming agent, the simplest of the aldehydes.
Derived from the vapor-phase oxidation of methanol, it yields methenamine when mixed with ammonia.
{Formaldehyde} or {methanal}