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  2. List of cooling baths - Wikipedia

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    Water: 0 Ice: Ammonium chloride-5 0.3 to 1 ratio of salt to ice. Liquid N 2: Aniline-6 Ice: Sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate-8 1.1 to 1 ratio of salt to ice. Ice: Calcium chloride hexahydrate-10 1 to 2.5 ratio of salt to ice. Liquid N 2: Ethylene glycol-10 Ice: Acetone-10 1 to 1 ratio of acetone to ice. Liquid N 2: Cycloheptane-12 Dry ice ...

  3. Perspiration - Wikipedia

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    Hence, in hot weather, or when the individual's muscles heat up due to exertion, more sweat is produced. Animals with few sweat glands, such as dogs, accomplish similar temperature regulation results by panting, which evaporates water from the moist lining of the oral cavity and pharynx.

  4. Dogs do not sweat by salivating. [37] Dogs actually do have sweat glands and not only on their tongues; they sweat mainly through their footpads. However, dogs do primarily regulate their body temperature through panting. [38] (See also: Dog Anatomy § Temperature regulation) Dogs do not consistently age seven times as quickly as humans.

  5. Heated bath - Wikipedia

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    A water bath is used for temperatures up to 100 °C. An oil bath is employed for temperatures over up to and above 100 °C. The heated bath is heated on an electric hot plate, or with a Bunsen burner. The reaction vessel (Florence flask, Erlenmeyer flask, or beaker) is immersed in the heated bath.

  6. Laboratory water bath - Wikipedia

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    A water bath is laboratory equipment made from a container filled with heated water. It is used to incubate samples in water at a constant temperature over a long period of time. Most water baths have a digital or an analogue interface to allow users to set a desired temperature, but some water baths have their temperature controlled by a ...

  7. Wallowing - Wikipedia

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    To thermoregulate, they rely on wallowing in water or mud to cool the body. Adult pigs under natural or free-range conditions can often be seen to wallow when air temperature exceeds 20 °C. Mud is the preferred substrate; after wallowing, the wet mud provides a cooling, and probably protecting, layer on the body.

  8. Piranha solution - Wikipedia

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    Molecular models of the different molecules active in Piranha solution: peroxysulfuric acid (H 2 SO 5) and hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2). Piranha solution, also known as piranha etch, is a mixture of sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4) and hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2).

  9. Tanning (leather) - Wikipedia

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    Once bating is complete, the hides and skins are treated by first soaking them in a bath containing common salt (sodium chloride), usually 1 quart of salt to 1 gallon of hot water. [11] When the water cools, one fluid ounce of sulfuric acid is added. Small skins are left in this liquor for 2 days, while larger skins between 1 week and as much ...