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Formaldehyde is a chemical with many uses, including:

• Preservative: Used in laboratories, museums, and mortuaries to preserve tissue samples 
• Disinfectant: Used in hospitals, ships, and dwellings to kill bacteria, viruses, and fungi 
• Building materials: Used in pressed-wood products, glues, adhesives, and insulation materials 
• Textiles: Used in permanent-press fabrics 
• Paper products: Used in coatings for paper products 
• Fertilizer: Used as a fertilizer and fungicide 
• Embalming: Used as an embalming solution 
• Hair products: Used in some hair smoothing and straightening products 
• Aircraft: Used in the construction of aircraft parts, such as landing gear, brake pads, and insulation 
• Engine lubricant: Used in engine lubricants to allow the motor to move without overheating or breaking down 

Formaldehyde is also a by-product of automobile combustion and is produced in small amounts by most living organisms, including humans. Safety

• Formaldehyde is a strong-smelling, colorless, and flammable chemical 
• It is known to cause cancer 
• Exposure to formaldehyde can increase the risk of developing myeloid leukemia and cancers of the paranasal sinuses, nasal cavity, and nasopharynx 

Melamine powder is used in many industrial applications, including the production of plastics, laminates, glues, and fire-retardant materials. Uses of melamine powder

• Plastics: Melamine powder is used in the production of plastic dinnerware, utensils, and cookware. 
• Laminates: Melamine resin is the main component of high-pressure laminates, such as Formica and Arborite. 
• Glues: Melamine is used in the production of glues. 
• Fire-retardant materials: Melamine and its salts are used as fire-retardant additives in paints, plastics, and paper. 
• Protective clothing: Melamine fiber is used in flame-resistant protective clothing. 
• Whiteboards: Melamine-resin tile wall panels can be used as whiteboards. 
• Paper: Melamine powder can be used for paper. 
• Cork impregnation: Melamine powder can be used for cork impregnation treatment. 
• Foaming materials: Melamine powder can be used for foaming materials. 

Melamine is a chemical compound that is durable and heat-resistant. 

Phenol crystals have many uses, including as a disinfectant, in the production of plastics, and in medical applications. Disinfectant

• Phenol is used as a disinfectant in household cleaning products, mouthwashes, and to clean toilets, stables, and drains 
• Phenol is also used in commercial disinfectants, antiseptics, lotions, and ointments 

Plastics 

• Phenol is used to make plastics, including phenolic resins and nylons

Medical applications

• Phenol is used as a topical anesthetic, in ear drops, and as a sclerosing agent 
• Phenol is used in chemical skin-peelers, nerve injections, and in surgical ingrown toenail treatment 
• Phenol is used as a preservative in injectables 
• Phenol is used as an antipruritic, a cauterizing agent, and as a chemical skin-peeler (chemexfoliant) 

Other uses

• Phenol is used in the manufacture of explosives, fertilizers, paints, rubber, textiles, adhesives, drugs, paper, soap, wood preservatives, and photographic developers 
• Phenol is used in embalming and research laboratories 

Phenol is corrosive and combustible, and can cause severe burns if it comes into contact with the skin. 

Liquid phenol is used as a disinfectant, antiseptic, and in various other applications. Disinfectant and antiseptic

• Skin and wound disinfection: Phenol is used to disinfect skin and wounds. 
• Environmental disinfectant: Phenol is used to disinfect toilets, drains, floors, stables, and cesspools. 
• Oral antiseptic: Phenol is used in mouthwash, throat sprays, and lozenges. 

Medicinal applications

• Local anesthetic: Phenol is used as a local anesthetic for treating burns, bites, stings, pruritus, and sore throats. 
• Analgesic: Phenol is used as an oral analgesic or anesthetic to treat pharyngitis. 
• Nerve injections: Phenol is injected into nerves to reduce pain. 
• Chemical peel: Phenol is used as a chemical peel to remove skin blemishes, warts, and wrinkles. 
• Nail bed cauterization: Phenol is used by podiatrists to cauterize nail beds. 

Other applications

• Slimicides: Phenol is used in slimicides to kill fungi and bacteria in slimes. 
• Preservative: Phenol is used as a preservative in injectables and pharmaceuticals. 
• Reagent: Phenol is used as a reagent in chemical analysis. 

Phenol is a toxic compound with corrosive vapors that can affect the eyes, skin, and respiratory tract.