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        CH₂O always is formed in small amount by the interaction of H₂ and CO, the H₂ being formed by the reaction CO+H₂O=CO₂+H₂.  By starting with a mixture of moist CO and H₂, much larger quantities of CH₂O are obtained and also glycolaldehyde OH.CH₂.CHO.  CH₄ is always formed from mixtures of CO and H₂.  CH₄ and CO give acetaldehyde.  CO+CH₄=CH₃.CHO, but the reduction of acetaldehyde to alcohol by combination with H₂ has not yet been realized in the silent discharge.