Formalin Production
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Formaldehyde is one of the most important chemical product in industry and research because it’s high purity, applications and low cost.
Formaldehyde or methanol is an organic compound with the formula CH2O. Formaldehyde is a colorless gas with a pungent odour and its soluble in water. The water solution of formaldehyde is called formalin .
Formalin is a 37% solution of formaldehyde in water . Formaldehyde has four basic uses:
-as an intermediate in the production of resins.
- as an intermediate in the production of industrial chemicals.
-as a bactericide or fungicide.
- as a component in the formulation of end-use consumer items.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Formaldehyde is industrially produced by the catalytic oxidation of the methanol. The most common catalysts in industry are silver metal or iron-molybdenum oxide.
Properties
Properties[3]
Chemical formula
CH2O
Molar mass
30.03 g•mol−1
Appearance Colorless gas
Density
0.8153 g/cm3 (−20 °C)[1]
Melting point
−92 °C (−134 °F; 181 K)
Boiling point
−19 °C (−2 °F; 254 K)[1]
Solubility in water
400 g dm−3 log P
0.350
Vapor pressure
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METAL OXIDE PROCESS
In this process formaldehyde is formed by oxidation process only. The reactions are CH3OH + ½ O2 HCHO + H2O
HCHO + ½ O2 CO + H2O
The reactions occur over a mixed oxide catalyst containing molybdenum oxide and iron oxide in a ratio 1.5 to 3.The reaction is carried out at 250 –350 o C and essentially at atmospheric pressure. Methanol conversion is 95 – 98% per pass.
Metal oxide process
This is an oxide catalyst that has approximately uniform activity over a one-year period, and catalyzes the oxidation reaction
This process produces 50,000 tons/yr of formalin (37 wt% formaldehyde in water) from methanol using the silver catalyst process (Figure 1).
Process
The substrate coated catalyst can be used multiple times based on the exposure conditions and hence reusable (NAIR & (IN), 2012).
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