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Acetaldehyde, % w/w, min.
98.50
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Synonyms
Ethanal; ethyl aldehyde; acetic aldehyde.
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Molecular weight
44.05
Colourless liquid with characteristic pungent odour. Highly flammable vapour air mixtures explosive over a very wide concentration range.In the manufacture of paraldehyde, acetic acid, butanol, perfumes, flavors, aniline dyes, plastics, synthetic rubber; silvering mirrors, hardening gelatin fibers.