What Is Formaldehyde (HCHO)? Its Role and Uses In Our Industry

#FORMALDEHYDE (HCHO)

The various products of “Formaldehyde” support the global economy.
The very distinctive and dexterous chemical properties of formaldehyde bring a great impact upon building block technology for modern life especially in (construction & health care industry) products based upon formaldehyde technologies have a broad role in the global economy assisting more than 9,90,000/- jobs in the US.

#Formaldehyde is multifunctional and highly efficient and economical

The potentiality of formaldehyde, how to react with numbers of molecules, and the ability to build a strong structure makes it one of the very functionally important chemical building blocks in the manufacturing world today. It is quite economical-no other organic molecules can meet the same result at the same cost. this is one of the resource efficiency products.

#Formaldehyde is an essential component such as an ingredients

In the year of 1858, this chemical was discovered by Russian chemist-Butlerov and identified incontrovertibly in 1869 by German chemist Hofmann. This invention of HCHO generated very miracle results in chemistry. HCHO has become an essential component in the development of a variety of household products. It has a variety of industrial applications across the cosmetic, energy building, and construction industry sectors, right from plywood for home construction, fuel system components for automobiles, insulation for modern airlines. HCHO provides reliable performance and safety.
Although the main use of formaldehyde is in the production of phenol or urea-formaldehyde resin rather could urea methanol resin, plastics, and chemical intermediate. It is widely known for the involvement in preservative fraction. It is mainly used as a tissue/bacteria preservative in fluid and medical laboratories.

#How does Formaldehyde influence human health?

When HCHO is present in the atmosphere at a level exceeding 0.1 ppm it has some unfavorable effect such as burning sensations in the eyes, nose, and throat; coughing, nausea, wheezing and dermal irritation takes place.

#What is Formaldehyde

Formaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula HCHO. The pure HCHO is a pungent-smelling colorless gas. It is chemically started as an aqueous solution. It is the simplest aldehyde molecular formula. HCHO, CH2O international union for practical of applied chemistry methanol.
Molar Mass
30.03gm/mol
Boiling point
-18.9°c
Density
810kg/ m3
Solubility
Soluble in Acetone and pure h2o

1) It is stable at 145°c but polymerizes when condensed to a liquid.

#The main form of HCHO

It is an intermediate in the oxidation of CH4 and for other
    12
    C compounds automobiles, tobacco smoke forest firm.  
    6
It is produced in the atmosphere by the action of sunlight and oxygen on atmospheric city and other CH and cnh2n+2 group actually it is not easily accumulated in the environment since it is broken down within a few hours by sunlight or by bacteria present in soil or water.

#From where I can get this?

Recombigen Laboratories is a leading manufacturer & supplier of Chemical reagents & diagnostic kits since 1999. You can buy formaldehyde chemical from here as per your requirement.

#Formaldehyde between the stars

This organic compound has been proved as very useful in astrochemistry due to the prominence of the 
 1                                      AND  2              2
11                                              11            12

#K-DOUBTED TRANSMISSION

It was the 1st polyatomic organic molecular detected between the STARS. It was also observed in many regions of the galaxy, then is a proposal for mechanism the formation is the hydrogenation of CO ice.

#INDUSTRIAL PREPARATION

CHO is produced industrially by the catalytic oxidation of methanol ch3oh. The most common catalysts are Ag or a mixture of 

#HYDRATION

HCHO hydrate to give the methanethiol.

#OXIDATION

Chloromethylation
CH2O + 3 H2S → (CH2S)3 + 3 H2O
ArH + CH2O → ArCH2OH

#USES

The role of HCHO and Biocide and disinfectant

The aqueous solution of HCHO can be useful as a biocide due to the carcinogenic properties. A solution of 4% HCHO fires pathology tissue specimen pathology tissue specimens at about one mm per hour at room temperature.

Captioned by:
(Mr.Swadesh Debnath)
– Ex technical Head at Department of Environment
– Current at Recombigen Laboratories Pvt Ltd