Constituent amorphous H2CO | SSHADE

Constituent

Name: amorphous H2CO
Official name: amorphous Formaldehyde ice

Family: molecular solid
Class: polar molecular solid
Compound type: organic molecular solid

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $H_2CO$
Chemical formula: H2CO
Elemental formula: C O H2
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$H_2CO$	Formaldehyde	molecule	1	1.0	1	pure	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number	Relevance
	$R=CH_2$	1	main

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number	Relevance
	$\eqslantgtr C-H$	2	main
	$>C=O$	1	main

Class: molecular solids with polar molecules (02)
Type: with polyatomic organic polar molecules (CnHm...) (02.01)

Phase name: amorphous H2CO
Phase type: amorphous

Crystallography

Crystal system: amorphous

Texture: amorphous

Physical properties

Molar mass: 30.026 $g/mol$

Optical properties

Refringence type: isotropic
Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent
Luster: vitreous