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発音

• IPA: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈmældɪhaɪd/
• ハイフネーション: for‧mal‧de‧hyde

名詞

formaldehyde (countable and uncountable, plural formaldehydes)

1. (organic chemistry) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.
   • 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:

     The shark chosen to replace the original was injected with 224 gallons of formaldehyde, ten times the amount used on the first shark and in a stronger concentration.

   • 2024 March 19, Maeve McClenaghan, “Damien Hirst formaldehyde animal works dated to 1990s were made in 2017”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Back in 2006, Hirst found himself at the centre of a different debate arising out of the need to refurbish or update formaldehyde pieces that are prone to decay. It related to the piece that made him famous: the formaldehyde shark The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991), which had been bought by the US hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen for $8m.

同意語

• (HCHO): E240 (when used as a preservative), methanal (IUPAC name)

上位語

• (organic compound): aldehyde, volatile organic compound

派生語

関連する語

• formalin
• formic acid
• formol
• thioformaldehyde

Further reading

• formaldehyde on Wikipedia.Wikipedia