| 21. | Lemon ants are the only known insect to use formic acid as a herbicide.
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| 22. | They might squirt formic acid at the attacker if the defense warning is unheeded.
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| 23. | Plants in the vicinity that belong to other species are killed with formic acid.
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| 24. | Some chronic effects of formic acid exposure have been documented.
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| 25. | Adults avoid feeding the young ants, likely due to the ant's formic acid content.
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| 26. | This prevents the conversion of methanol to its toxic metabolites, formic acid and formaldehyde.
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| 27. | It may be produced synthetically by reacting calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide with formic acid.
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| 28. | Formic acid smells like urine, hence the name pissant.
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| 29. | Ammonium formate first dissociates into formic acid and ammonia.
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| 30. | The common name of this substance comes from its similarity and relation to formic acid.
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