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ABSTRACT
Formalin is a colorless solution that smells very rotten. Formalin contains
37 percent formaldehyde in water, ususally plus metanol up to 15 percent as a
preservative. Formalin is known as ingredients Pest killers (disinfectan) and widely
used in industry. Another name of Formaldehyde is formol, methelene aldehyde,
paraforin, morbicid, oxomethane, poluoxymethelyne glycols, methanal, formofom,
superlysoform, formaldehyde, and formalith. The formalin molecular weight is
30.03 with HCOH molecular formula. Because of the smalness of this molecule
makes is easy to absorb and its distribution into cells of the body. The carbonyl
group is very active, can react with the NH2 group of proteins present in the body
to form coumpounds that settles.
Keywords :Colorless, Disinfectan, Formaldehyde, Molecular