Erschienen in:
01.02.2012 | Case Report
Self-inflicted formic acid burn: rare form of acid burn (two case reports)
verfasst von:
Vipula Perera, Kolitha Karunadasa, Chandini Perera
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Ausgabe 2/2012
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Excerpt
Formic acid is a simple carboxylic acid. Its formula is HCOOH or CH2O2. It is a colourless, fuming liquid with highly pungent, penetrating odour. In 1671, the English naturalist John Ray became the first person to describe the isolation of formic acid by distillation of large number of ants. These insects secrete the substance naturally for attack and defence purpose. Thus, the name “formic acid” was coined from the Latin word for ant, formica. …