When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Carbon disulfide - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_disulfide

    Changes in the function of the central nervous system have been observed at concentrations of 20–25 mg/m 3. There are also reports of harms to health at 10 mg/m 3 , for exposures of 10–15 years, but the lack of good data on past exposure levels make the association of these harms with concentrations of 10 mg/m 3 findings uncertain.

  3. Paraffin wax - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraffin_wax

    Paraffin wax (or petroleum wax) is a soft colorless solid derived from petroleum, coal, or oil shale that consists of a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules containing between 20 and 40 carbon atoms. It is solid at room temperature and begins to melt above approximately 37 °C (99 °F), [ 2 ] and its boiling point is above 370 °C (698 °F). [ 2 ]

  4. Gallon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon

    The gallon is a unit of volume in British imperial units and United States customary units.. The imperial gallon (imp gal) is defined as 4.546 09 litres, and is or was used in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, including Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Malaysia and some Caribbean countries, while the US gallon (US gal) is defined as 231 cubic inches (3. ...

  5. Campden tablet - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campden_tablet

    A typical Campden tablet contains 0.44 g of sodium metabisulfite, plus filler; eight of these are equivalent to one-half level teaspoon (2.5 mL) of sodium metabisulfite. Other Campden tablet formulations use potassium metabisulfite. Both are referred to, interchangeably, as sulfites, and the 'bi' can be found as 'di'.

  6. Propane - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane

    The density of liquid propane at 25 °C (77 °F) is 0.493 g/cm 3, which is equivalent to 4.11 pounds per U.S. liquid gallon or 493 g/L. Propane expands at 1.5% per 10 °F. Thus, liquid propane has a density of approximately 4.2 pounds per gallon (504 g/L) at 60 °F (15.6 °C). [30]

  7. Lormetazepam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lormetazepam

    Lormetazepam is not approved for sale in the United States or Canada. It is licensed in the UK as 0.5 and 1 mg tablets for short-term treatment (2–4 weeks) of moderately severe insomnia. It is licensed in the Netherlands as 1 and 2 mg tablets, under the brand names Loramet and Noctamid and as generic, available from several manufacturers. It ...

  8. Capillary refill - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capillary_refill

    Capillary refill time (CRT) is defined as the time taken for color to return to an external capillary bed after pressure is applied to cause blanching. [3] It can be measured by holding a hand higher than heart-level and pressing the soft pad of a finger or fingernail until it turns white, then taking note of the time needed for the color to ...

  9. Ethylene oxide - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylene_oxide

    Intravenous injection: 175 mg/kg (0.00280 oz/lb) (rabbit, LD 50), 290 mg/kg (0.0046 oz/lb) (mouse, LD 50) The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) estimated in 2016 [ 139 ] that for low doses, the inhalation of ethylene oxide for a lifetime could increase an individual's lifetime cancer risk by as much as 3.0 × 10 −3 per μg/m 3 ...