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폼알데하이드

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폼알데하이드

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Also known as Formic aldehyde, Formaline, Fannoform, Chlodithane, Formalith, Methaldehyde, Formalina, Chlodithan

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Formaldehyde is a chemical compound with the formula CH₂O. Its structure is represented by the canonical SMILES notation C=O. The substance has a molecular mass of 30.011 and a density of 0.8153. It possesses an electric dipole moment of 2.332 and an ionization energy of 10.88. The standard enthalpy of formation is recorded as -115.9.

The compound melts at -134 and -92, and boils at -6 and -19.1. Its vapor pressure is 1. Formaldehyde is flammable, with a lower flammable limit of 7 and an upper flammable limit of 73. Exposure limits include a time-weighted average of 0.92, a ceiling limit of 0.123, and a short-term limit of 2.46. The level immediately dangerous to life or health is 24.6. It has zero hydrogen bond donors and one acceptor.

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Chemical data

Formula
CH2O
Molecular weight
30.026 g/mol
IUPAC name
formaldehyde
SMILES
C=O
InChIKey
WSFSSNUMVMOOMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
1.2
Polar surface area
17.1 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
1
Formal charge
0

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Molecule type
Small molecule

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Research

41,871 papers

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Wikidata facts

Has part
carbon
Mass
30.011
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Commons category
Formaldehyde
chemical formula
CH₂O
time-weighted average exposure limit
0.02
canonical SMILES
C=O
NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
0293
ceiling exposure limit
0.123
immediately dangerous to life or health
24.6
melting point
-92
boiling point
-19.1
vapor pressure
1
lower flammable limit
7
upper flammable limit
73
ionization energy
10.87
short-term exposure limit
2.46
found in taxon
Escherichia coli
standard enthalpy of formation
-115.9
density
0.8153
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
electric dipole moment
2.332
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