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  2. Polyethylene terephthalate - Wikipedia

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    Polyethylene terephthalate (or poly (ethylene terephthalate), PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P ), is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibres for clothing, containers for liquids and foods, and thermoforming for manufacturing, and in combination with glass fibre for engineering resins.

  3. Spray paint - Wikipedia

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    Spray paint is a popular medium among graffiti artists due to its portability, permanence, and speed. The product's presence in the United States goes back to 1949, when it was designed with the purpose of painting radiators with aluminum paint. [5] Speed, portability, and permanence make aerosol paint a common graffiti medium.

  4. Pigment violet 23 - Wikipedia

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    Pigment violet 23 is an organic compound that is a commercial pigment. It is member of the di oxazine family of heterocyclic compounds, but derived from carbazoles. [1] It is prepared by condensation of chloranil and 3-amino- N -ethyl carbazole. It has a centrosymmetric angular structure. [2]

  5. List of inorganic pigments - Wikipedia

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    Scheele's Green: yellowish-green pigment commonly used during the early to mid-19th century (AsCuHO 3) Paris Green: It was manufactured in 1814 to be a pigment to make a vibrant green paint; Cadmium pigments. Cadmium green: a light green pigment consisting of a mixture of cadmium yellow (CdS) and chrome green (Cr 2 O 3). Chromium pigments

  6. Crystal violet - Wikipedia

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    Crystal violet or gentian violet, also known as methyl violet 10B or hexamethyl pararosaniline chloride, is a triarylmethane dye used as a histological stain and in Gram's method of classifying bacteria. Crystal violet has antibacterial, antifungal, and anthelmintic ( vermicide) properties and was formerly important as a topical antiseptic.

  7. Things We Used to Think Were Completely Safe But Might ... - AOL

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    Asbestos. Asbestos was used in lots of products, from insulation to automobile clutch fittings, fake snow, fire-resistant clothing, and building materials. The naturally-occurring mineral fiber ...

  8. Drying oil - Wikipedia

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    A drying oil is an oil that hardens to a tough, solid film after a period of exposure to air, at room temperature. The oil hardens through a chemical reaction in which the components crosslink (and hence, polymerize) by the action of oxygen (not through the evaporation of water or other solvents ). Drying oils are a key component of oil paint ...

  9. Methyl violet - Wikipedia

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    Methyl violet. Methyl violet is a family of organic compounds that are mainly used as dyes. Depending on the number of attached methyl groups, the color of the dye can be altered. Its main use is as a purple dye for textiles and to give deep violet colors in paint and ink. It is also used as a hydration indicator for silica gel.