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ECON 1010 Lecture Notes - Formaldehyde, Paraformaldehyde, Hexamethylenetetramine

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York University
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Economics
Course
ECON 1010
Professor
Sadia Malik

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Formaldehyde is an organic compound formaldehyde is the first of the series of aliphatic aldehydes. It was discovered by butlerov in 1859 and has been manufactured since the beginning of the twentieth century. At ordinary temperatures formaldehyde is a colorless gas with a pungent odor. Because of its relatively low cost, high purity, and variety of chemical reactions, formaldehyde has become on of the world"s most important industrial and research chemicals. Historically, formaldehyde has been and continues to be manufactured from methanol via the silver catalyst process or the the metal oxide catalyst process. Sources of human exposure to formaldehyde are many, ie, engine exhaust, tobacco smoke, natural gas, waste incineration, etc. It is known to be a human carcinogen. Formaldehyde is a basic chemical building block for the production of a wide range of chemicals. Its biggest use is in the production of industrial resins; urea-formaldhyde; phenol formaldehyde; and melamine formaldehyde.

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