Formamide Sentence Examples

It behaves as a powerful reducing agent, and on hydrolysis with dilute mineral acids is decomposed into formaldehyde and hydroxylamine, together with some formic acid and ammonia, the amount of each product formed varying with temperature, time of reaction, amount of water present, &c. This latter reaction is probably due to some of the oxime existing in the form of the isomeric formamide HCO NH 2.

The silver and mercury salts, when heated, yield the metal, with liberation of carbon dioxide and formation of free formic acid; and the ammonium salt, when distilled, gives some formamide, Hconh 2.

It dissolves mercuric oxide, with the formation of mercuric formamide, (Hconh)2Hg.

These washes are affected by three factors, presence of formamide (higher% increases stringency ), salt conc.

These washes are affected by three factors, presence of formamide (higher% increases stringency), salt conc.