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  2. Argon - Wikipedia

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    Argon is the cheapest alternative when nitrogen is not sufficiently inert. Argon has low thermal conductivity. Argon has electronic properties (ionization and/or the emission spectrum) desirable for some applications. Other noble gases would be equally suitable for most of these applications, but argon is by far the cheapest.

  3. Inhalational anesthetic - Wikipedia

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    None of the agents currently in use are ideal, although many have some of the desirable characteristics. For example, sevoflurane is pleasant to inhale and is rapid in onset and offset. It is also safe for all ages. However, it is expensive (approximately 3 to 5 times more expensive than isoflurane), and approximately half as potent as ...

  4. Breathing gas - Wikipedia

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    A breathing gas is a mixture of gaseous chemical elements and compounds used for respiration. Air is the most common and only natural breathing gas. Other mixtures of gases, or pure oxygen, are also used in breathing equipment and enclosed habitats such as scuba equipment, surface supplied diving equipment, recompression chambers, high-altitude mountaineering, high-flying aircraft, submarines ...

  5. Teens Are Inhaling ‘Galaxy Gas’ to Get High, but What Is It?

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    Inhaling commercially available chemicals for a quick high is extremely dangerous. This past spring, a teen died in Australia from “chroming” — known stateside as “huffing” — the ...

  6. Recreational use of nitrous oxide - Wikipedia

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    1840 illustration of a man inhaling nitrous oxide, and another experiencing its effects Until at least 1863, low availability of equipment to produce the gas, combined with low usage of the gas for medical purposes, meant it was a relatively rare phenomenon that mainly happened among students at medical universities.

  7. Inhalant - Wikipedia

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    Computer-cleaning dusters are dangerous to inhale because the gases expand and cool rapidly upon being sprayed. A number of gases intended for household or industrial use are inhaled as recreational drugs. This includes chlorofluorocarbons used in aerosols and propellants (e.g., aerosol hair spray, aerosol deodorant).

  8. Asphyxiant gas - Wikipedia

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    To decrease the risk of asphyxiation, there have been proposals to add warning odors to some commonly used gases such as nitrogen and argon. However, CGA has argued against this practice. They are concerned that odorizing may decrease worker vigilance, not everyone can smell the odorants, and assigning a different smell to each gas may be ...

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