Formaldehyde
noun
A colorless gas with a strong smell, used in making plastics and resins and in preserving bodies and tissues.
They used formaldehyde to preserve the biological specimen in the lab.
Often appears as...
- formaldehyde solution
- formaldehyde gas
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Technical
noun
A solution of formaldehyde in water, especially as a disinfectant.
The lab technician sprayed formaldehyde on the lab equipment to clean it.
Often appears as...
- dilute formaldehyde
- aqueous formaldehyde
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A colorless gas with a strong smell, used in making plastics and resins and in preserving bodies and tissues.
They used formaldehyde to preserve the biological specimen in the lab.
Often appears as...
- formaldehyde solution
- formaldehyde gas
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A solution of formaldehyde in water, especially as a disinfectant.
The lab technician sprayed formaldehyde on the lab equipment to clean it.
Often appears as...
- dilute formaldehyde
- aqueous formaldehyde
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Preservation Usage
Formaldehyde is commonly used to prevent decay in biological specimens, not just for cleaning.
The frogs were soaked in formaldehyde for long-term preservation.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Material
Formaldehyde is essential in producing materials we use daily, like plastics.
The chair is made of a formaldehyde resin, making it durable.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Odor
Formaldehyde has a distinct, pungent smell, which is noticeable in labs or mortuaries.
Upon entering the room, the strong smell of formaldehyde was unmistakable.
Pro Tip 1/3Preservation Usage
Formaldehyde is commonly used to prevent decay in biological specimens, not just for cleaning.
The frogs were soaked in formaldehyde for long-term preservation.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Material
Formaldehyde is essential in producing materials we use daily, like plastics.
The chair is made of a formaldehyde resin, making it durable.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Odor
Formaldehyde has a distinct, pungent smell, which is noticeable in labs or mortuaries.
Upon entering the room, the strong smell of formaldehyde was unmistakable.
Pro Tip 1/3Preservation Usage
Formaldehyde is commonly used to prevent decay in biological specimens, not just for cleaning.
The frogs were soaked in formaldehyde for long-term preservation.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Material
Formaldehyde is essential in producing materials we use daily, like plastics.
The chair is made of a formaldehyde resin, making it durable.
Pro Tip 3/3Strong Odor
Formaldehyde has a distinct, pungent smell, which is noticeable in labs or mortuaries.
Upon entering the room, the strong smell of formaldehyde was unmistakable.
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Nail Polish PIPE...
and then strained through a coffee filter now looking at these ingredients you would think they are nothing like what goes into a modern nail polish but chemically they're actually not that different so gum arabic is a resin like nitrocellulose or two sillim ide formaldehyde resin it helps form films now egg white that's mostly protein and
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Daniel Libeskind's 17...
and would have perhaps been, had we not been so lucky. So again, radical versus conservative. Radical, what does it mean? It's something which is rooted, and something which is rooted deep in a tradition. And I think that is what architecture is, it's radical. It's not just a conservation in formaldehyde
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Robert Ballard:...
We discovered a profusion of life, in a world that it should not exist. Giant tube worms, 10 feet tall. I remember having to use vodka -- my own vodka -- to pickle it because we don't carry formaldehyde. We went and found these incredible clam beds sitting on the barren rock. Large clams,
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Could a Saturn moon...
and we previously reported while they're not amino acids we're now finding things like propane and benzene hydrogen cyanide and formaldehyde and the tiny water crystals here now look for all the world like they are frozen droplets of salty water which is a discovery that
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What’s in Air Freshener?...
formaldehyde yeah bad things are gonna happen to you but if one molecule wanders into your nose you're gonna be just fine also formaldehyde is only formed when limonene reacts with ozone now ozone is that oxygen mutant that's in a thin layer of our atmosphere protecting
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On exploring the oceans...
range but it was dwarfed was dwarfed by what we discovered we discovered a profusion of life in a world that it should not exist giant tubeworms ten feet tall I remember having to use vodka my own vodka to pick a liquor they don't carry formaldehyde we went and found
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Carolyn Porco: Could a...
are in fact more complex than we previously reported. While they're not amino acids, we're now finding things like propane and benzene, hydrogen cyanide, and formaldehyde. And the tiny water crystals here now look for all the world
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A brief history of...
and formaldehyde, creating a hardy new polymer called bakelite. Bakelite was much less flammable than celluloid and the raw materials used to make it were more readily available. Bakelite was only the beginning.
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A burial practice that...
Food for worms you are not. Next, the industry will sanitize your body through the chemical preservation of the dead. This procedure drains your blood and replaces it with a toxic, cancer-causing formaldehyde.
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The mathematician who...
have been found, now, significant organic molecules. Molecules not just like methane, but formaldehyde and cyanide -- things that are the building blocks -- the seeds, if you will -- of life.
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Nail Polish PIPE...
and then strained through a coffee filter now looking at these ingredients you would think they are nothing like what goes into a modern nail polish but chemically they're actually not that different so gum arabic is a resin like nitrocellulose or two sillim ide formaldehyde resin it helps form films now egg white that's mostly protein and
Video examples
Daniel Libeskind's 17...
and would have perhaps been, had we not been so lucky. So again, radical versus conservative. Radical, what does it mean? It's something which is rooted, and something which is rooted deep in a tradition. And I think that is what architecture is, it's radical. It's not just a conservation in formaldehyde
Video examples
Robert Ballard:...
We discovered a profusion of life, in a world that it should not exist. Giant tube worms, 10 feet tall. I remember having to use vodka -- my own vodka -- to pickle it because we don't carry formaldehyde. We went and found these incredible clam beds sitting on the barren rock. Large clams,
Video examples
Could a Saturn moon...
and we previously reported while they're not amino acids we're now finding things like propane and benzene hydrogen cyanide and formaldehyde and the tiny water crystals here now look for all the world like they are frozen droplets of salty water which is a discovery that
Video examples
What’s in Air Freshener?...
formaldehyde yeah bad things are gonna happen to you but if one molecule wanders into your nose you're gonna be just fine also formaldehyde is only formed when limonene reacts with ozone now ozone is that oxygen mutant that's in a thin layer of our atmosphere protecting
Video examples
On exploring the oceans...
range but it was dwarfed was dwarfed by what we discovered we discovered a profusion of life in a world that it should not exist giant tubeworms ten feet tall I remember having to use vodka my own vodka to pick a liquor they don't carry formaldehyde we went and found
Video examples
Carolyn Porco: Could a...
are in fact more complex than we previously reported. While they're not amino acids, we're now finding things like propane and benzene, hydrogen cyanide, and formaldehyde. And the tiny water crystals here now look for all the world
Video examples
A brief history of...
and formaldehyde, creating a hardy new polymer called bakelite. Bakelite was much less flammable than celluloid and the raw materials used to make it were more readily available. Bakelite was only the beginning.
Video examples
A burial practice that...
Food for worms you are not. Next, the industry will sanitize your body through the chemical preservation of the dead. This procedure drains your blood and replaces it with a toxic, cancer-causing formaldehyde.
Video examples
The mathematician who...
have been found, now, significant organic molecules. Molecules not just like methane, but formaldehyde and cyanide -- things that are the building blocks -- the seeds, if you will -- of life.
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Eula Biss
American Writer
Fears that formaldehyde from vaccines may cause cancer are similar to fears of mercury and aluminum, in that they coalesce around miniscule amounts of the substance in question, amounts considerably smaller than amounts from other common sources of exposure to the same substance.
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Curtis Sittenfeld
American Writer
My boarding school experience was the only thing I had strong enough feelings to write about for hundreds and hundreds of pages. I can still smell the formaldehyde of the fetal pigs in biology.
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Lennart Nilsson
Swedish Photographer
You know, of course, the specimens are not alive. We have to fix them in a fixing liquid formaldehyde and then we have to do a rinsing and then we have to coat them in a thin layer of gold.
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Margaret Cuomo
American Celebrity
E-cigarettes contain many harmful chemicals that tobacco cigarettes do not contain such as formaldehyde, benzene, propylene glycol, and metals like cadmium, nickel, and tin.
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William Klein
French Photographer
I think that Damien Hirst putting a shark in a bath of formaldehyde is nothing.
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Eula Biss
American Writer
Fears that formaldehyde from vaccines may cause cancer are similar to fears of mercury and aluminum, in that they coalesce around miniscule amounts of the substance in question, amounts considerably smaller than amounts from other common sources of exposure to the same substance.
Quote examples
Curtis Sittenfeld
American Writer
My boarding school experience was the only thing I had strong enough feelings to write about for hundreds and hundreds of pages. I can still smell the formaldehyde of the fetal pigs in biology.
Quote examples
Lennart Nilsson
Swedish Photographer
You know, of course, the specimens are not alive. We have to fix them in a fixing liquid formaldehyde and then we have to do a rinsing and then we have to coat them in a thin layer of gold.
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Margaret Cuomo
American Celebrity
E-cigarettes contain many harmful chemicals that tobacco cigarettes do not contain such as formaldehyde, benzene, propylene glycol, and metals like cadmium, nickel, and tin.
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William Klein
French Photographer
I think that Damien Hirst putting a shark in a bath of formaldehyde is nothing.
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