is formaldehyde water soluble
Formaldehyde has a pungent odor and is very soluble in water. Formaldehyde is highly reactive and readily combines. with many chemical compounds, and under normal conditions, it is a gas. In its simplest form, formaldehyde is a color-. less gas. But the term formaldehyde is sometimes used to describe liquids composed of various mixtures of formalde-. hyde, water, and alcohol.