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A gas duster, also known as tinned wind, compressed air, or canned air, is a product used for cleaning or dusting electronic equipment and other sensitive devices that cannot be cleaned using water. This type of product is most often packaged as a can that, when a trigger is pressed, blasts a stream of compressed gas through a nozzle at the top.
Compressed gas duster products gained attention for their abuse as inhalants, as used by teenagers in the movie Thirteen. A warning email circulated by Sgt. Jeff Williams, a police officer in Cleveland , whose son, Kyle, died after inhaling Dust-Off in Painesville Township, Ohio .
1,1-Difluoroethane, or DFE, is an organofluorine compound with the chemical formula C 2 H 4 F 2.This colorless gas is used as a refrigerant, where it is often listed as R-152a (refrigerant-152a) or HFC-152a (hydrofluorocarbon-152a).
Gas dusters often use a bitterant to discourage inhalant abuse, although this can cause problems for legitimate users. The bitterant not only leaves a bitter flavor in the air, but also leaves a bitter residue on objects, like screens and keyboards, that may transfer to hands and cause problems (such as when eating).
A Utah State University student was arrested after admitting to releasing chemical gas in his dorm hours after being questioned by FBI Terrorism Task Force investigators.
If true crime is inherently sordid, wringing cheap thrills out of murders, kidnappings, and abuse that destroyed the lives of real human beings, then the scam subgenre can feel like a slightly ...
A worker checks for gas leaks in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in Malibu, Calif., on Jan. 12. With the help of magnets, metal detectors and magnifying lenses, investigators search for even ...
this is kinda late to answer your question, but dry ice is typically made from waste CO2 from the manufacture process involved with synthesizing ammonia from natural gas, the waste CO2 from the process is often shipped to soda plants and dry ice plants, if dry ice is placed in a suitable pressure vessel with a suitable spray head and release ...