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formic acid
noun
- a colorless, irritating, fuming, water-soluble liquid, CH 2 O 2 , originally obtained from ants and now manufactured synthetically, used in dyeing and tanning and in medicine chiefly as a counterirritant and astringent.
formic acid
noun
- a colourless corrosive liquid carboxylic acid found in some insects, esp ants, and many plants: used in dyeing textiles and the manufacture of insecticides and refrigerants. Formula: HCOOH Systematic namemethanoic acid
formic acid
/ fôr′mĭk /
- A colorless, caustic, fuming liquid that occurs naturally as the poison of ants and stinging nettles. It is used in making textiles and paper and in insecticides. Formic acid is the simplest organic acid, containing a carboxyl (COOH) group attached to a hydrogen atom. Chemical formula: CH 2 O 2 .
Word History and Origins
Origin of formic acid1
Example Sentences
Perhaps you don’t have the gene that allows you to smell formic acid, but it’s more likely that you’ve just never taken the time to sniff your little neighbors.
Salts, in which one atom of hydrogen in formic acid is replaced by a metal or other basic radical.
Formic acid was supposed to be an oxide of formyl; and chloroform, the terchloride of formyl.
It manifests this peculiarity because of the volatile formic acid which it contains.
Formic acid was detected in the whole-milk cheese only at the five and one-half month stage.
It also combines directly with potassium hydride to form potassium formate (see Formic Acid).
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