Formaldehyde

The article contains sections titled: 1. Introduction 2. Physical Properties 2.1. Monomeric Formaldehyde 2.2. Aqueous Solutions 3. Chemical Properties 4. Production 4.1. Silver Catalyst Processes 4.1.1. Complete Conversion of Methanol (BASF Process) 4.1.2. Incomplete Conversion and Distillative Recovery of Methanol 4.2. Formox Process 4.3. Comparison of Process Economics 4.4. Distillation of Aqueous Formaldehyde Solutions 4.5. Preparation of Liquid Monomeric Formaldehyde 5. Environmental Protection 6. Quality Specifications and Analysis 6.1. Quality Specifications 6.2. Analysis 7. Storage and Transportation 8. Uses 9. Economic Aspects 10. Toxicology and Occupational Health 11. Low-Molecular-Mass Polymers 11.1. Linear Polyoxymethylenes 11.2. Cyclic Polyoxymethylenes 11.2.1. Trioxane 11.2.2. Tetraoxane 11.2.3. Higher Cyclic Polyoxymethylenes 12. Formaldehyde Cyanohydrin