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  2. New car smell - Wikipedia

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    A Daily Telegraph article on the study described the enjoyment of new car smell as "akin to glue-sniffing". [11] However, another study showed no toxicity from new car odors in lab grown cells. The odors did trigger an immune system reaction. [12] The most common side effects of the new car smell are headaches, sore throats, nausea, and ...

  3. Automotive air conditioning - Wikipedia

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    The compressor can be driven by the car's engine (e.g. via a belt, often the serpentine belt, and an electromagnetically actuated clutch; an electronically actuated variable displacement compressor can also be always directly driven by a belt without the need of any clutch and magnet at all) or by an electric motor.

  4. Aerotoxic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Although researchers have identified correlations between the aircraft occupational environment and symptoms of aerotoxic syndrome, [4] this condition is not an established medical diagnosis [5] [6] because the incidence and aetiology of the condition are still under debate. [7]

  5. Hydrolock - Wikipedia

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    Bent connecting rod after hydrolock Same connecting rod, turned 90°. Hydrolock (a shorthand notation for hydrostatic lock or hydraulic lock) is an abnormal condition of any device which is designed to compress a gas by mechanically restraining it caused by a liquid entering the device.

  6. Scroll compressor - Wikipedia

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    A scroll compressor (also called spiral compressor, scroll pump and scroll vacuum pump) is a device for compressing air or refrigerant. [1] It is used in air conditioning equipment, as an automobile supercharger (where it is known as a scroll-type supercharger) and as a vacuum pump.

  7. Car air conditioning - Wikipedia

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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Redirect page. Redirect to: Automotive air conditioning; ... Car air conditioning. Add languages ...

  8. Sick building syndrome - Wikipedia

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    An air quality monitor. Human exposure to aerosols has a variety of adverse health effects. [7] Building occupants complain of symptoms such as sensory irritation of the eyes, nose, or throat; neurotoxic or general health problems; skin irritation; nonspecific hypersensitivity reactions; infectious diseases; [8] and odor and taste sensations. [9]

  9. Asphyxiant gas - Wikipedia

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    An asphyxiant gas, also known as a simple asphyxiant, is a nontoxic or minimally toxic gas which reduces or displaces the normal oxygen concentration in breathing air. ...