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glycolaldehyde number concentration  

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  • Number concentration means number of molecule per unit volume, and is used in the construction molecular_concentration_of_X_in_Y, where X is a material constituent of Y. A chemical species denoted by X may be described by a single term such as 'nitrogen' or a phrase such as 'nox_expressed_as_nitrogen'. The chemical formula for glycolaldehyde is C2H4O2. Glycolaldehyde is a member of the group of alcohols. The IUPAC name for glycolaldehyde is 2-hydroxyacetaldehyde.

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