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  2. Urushiol - Wikipedia

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    Urushiol in its pure form is a pale-yellow liquid with a density of about 0.968 g/mL and a boiling point of 200 °C (392 °F). It is soluble in diethyl ether, acetone, ethanol, carbon tetrachloride, and benzene. [12][13] Urushiol is a mixture of several closely related organic compounds. Each consists of a catechol substituted in the 3 position ...

  3. Ascaridole - Wikipedia

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    Ascaridole was the first, and for a long time only, discovered naturally occurring organic peroxide.It was isolated from Chenopodium oil and named by Hüthig in 1908. He found that when heated to between 130° and 150° C "there occurs, with sudden boiling in which the temperature momentarily rises to about 250°, a decomposition of an explosive character, occasionally accompanied by ignition.

  4. Types of plant oils - Wikipedia

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    There are three primary types of plant oil, differing both the means of extracting the relevant parts of the plant, and in the nature of the resulting oil: Vegetable fats and oils were historically extracted by putting part of the plant under pressure, squeezing out the oil. Macerated oils consist of a base oil to which parts of plants are ...

  5. Disinfectant - Wikipedia

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    A 3% solution is also used as an antiseptic. Hydrogen peroxide vapor is used as a medical sterilant and as room disinfectant. Hydrogen peroxide has the advantage that it decomposes to form oxygen and water thus leaving no long term residues, but hydrogen peroxide as with most other strong oxidants is hazardous, and solutions are a primary irritant.

  6. Hypothermia cap - Wikipedia

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    A hypothermia cap (also referred to as cold cap or cooling cap) is a therapeutic device used to cool the human scalp. Its most prominent medical applications are in preventing or reducing alopecia in chemotherapy, and for preventing cerebral palsy in babies born with neonatal encephalopathy caused by hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).

  7. Mouthwash - Wikipedia

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    Mouthwash. Mouthwash, mouth rinse, oral rinse, or mouth bath[1] is a liquid which is held in the mouth passively or swirled around the mouth by contraction of the perioral muscles and/or movement of the head, and may be gargled, where the head is tilted back and the liquid bubbled at the back of the mouth. Usually mouthwashes are antiseptic ...

  8. Chemical process of decomposition - Wikipedia

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    Minerals (5%) Decomposition in animals is a process that begins immediately after death and involves the destruction of soft tissue, leaving behind skeletonized remains. The chemical process of decomposition is complex and involves the breakdown of soft tissue, as the body passes through the sequential stages of decomposition. [2]

  9. Acetone - Wikipedia

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    It is the simplest and smallest ketone (>C=O). It is a colorless, highly volatile, and flammable liquid with a characteristic pungent odour, very reminiscent of the smell of pear drops. Acetone is miscible with water and serves as an important organic solvent in industry, home, and laboratory.