chemistry for embalming/thanatochem

the chemical group that makes an alcohol molecule soluble in water and usful to the embalmer

-OH3

formalin

Formaldehyde gas dissolved in water at 37% by weight and 40% by volume.

paraformaldehyde

Formaldehyde in a dry powdered form is also known as:

urotropin

When ammonia combines with formaldehyde based substances it forms a neutral compound known as

miligrams

a gram is equivalent to 1000

solution

a mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another-a liquid containing a dissolved substance or substanes is a:

a toxin

a posison of organic origin is:

a surfactant

a substance that is capable of bringing about a reduction in the surface tension of a fluid is

disinfectant

a substance that prevents infection by killing bacterial is classified as a:

according to OHSA, the proper way to neutralize a formaldehyde spill is to

add ammonia then wipe up

putrescine

amine in decaying bodies (an amine produce during putrefacation)

ketone

any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals

ether

any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom

ester

formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water

aldehyde

formed from the partial oxidation of a primary alcohol is an:

Quaternary ammonium compounds are used widely as

germicides

no active dyes

in comparing cavity fluid to arterial fluid, the cavity fluid will have

all of the following are properties of formaldehyde

it is colorless gas, it is quite soluble in water and it combines with water to form methylene glycol

polymerization of formaldehyde is inhidited by the addition of

methyl alclcohol

protein

one of a class of complex introgenous compounds that occur naturally in plants and animals and yeild amino acids when hydrolyzed are the

preserative

phenol is used in embalming fluid as a

formaldehyde is an ingredient of embalmig fluid used to

preserve tissue

masking agents

reordorants are used in embalming fluids as

the number of oxygen atoms in the formola 1AL(OH)3 is

six (6)

anticoagulant

sodium cirate is used in embalming fluid as a

an atom

the smallest particle of matter that enters into a chemical reaction is

H-CHO

the structural formula of formaldehyde

dyes

when used in arterial formulations eosine, ponceau red and erythrosine are examples of: