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a colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid HCOOH found naturally in ants and many plants or made catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam; used in finishing textiles and paper and in the manufacture of insecticides and fumigants
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Simplest of the organic (carboxylic) acids, formula HCOOH, systematic name methanoic acid. Formic acid is found in both the gas and aqueous phases in the atmosphere, and is thought to be formed as a product of formaldehyde oxidation.
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(Methanoic acid) Stinging agent of red ants and nettles; used in food preservation.
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A colorless, pungent, fuming liquid organic acid, which, in concentrated form, is used to identify nylon fiber by completely dissolving a small sample or tuft and is found particularly in yarn blends.
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Manufactured from carbon monoxide and methanol. Mainly used in silage additives as well as in the textile, pharmaceutical and rubber industries.
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