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  2. Air-free technique - Wikipedia

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    An ordinary glovebox, showing the two gloves for manipulation, with airlock on the right. The most straightforward type of air-free technique is the use of a glovebox.A "glove bag" uses the same idea, but is usually a poorer substitute because it is more difficult to purge, and less well sealed.

  3. Aerosol spray dispenser - Wikipedia

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    The aerosol spray canister invented by USDA researchers, Lyle Goodhue and William Sullivan.. The concepts of aerosol probably go as far back as 1790. [1] The first aerosol spray can patent was granted in Oslo in 1927 to Erik Rotheim, a Norwegian chemical engineer, [1] [2] and a United States patent was granted for the invention in 1931. [3]

  4. Aerosol burn - Wikipedia

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    However, if contact with the aerosol is prolonged the skin will freeze further and deeper layers of tissue will be affected, causing a more serious burn that reaches the dermis, destroys nerves, and increases the risk of infection and scarring. [6] When the skin thaws, pain and severe discomfort can occur in the affected area. [7]

  5. Freeze spray - Wikipedia

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    Freeze spray (cold spray or vapocoolant) is a type of aerosol spray product containing a liquified gas used for rapidly cooling surfaces, in medical and industrial ...

  6. Gas duster - Wikipedia

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    A dust spray can often be used as a freeze spray. Many gas dusters contain HFC-134a (tetrafluoroethane), which is widely used as a propellant and refrigerant. HFC-134a sold for those purposes is often sold at a higher price, which has led to the practice of using gas dusters as a less expensive source of HFCs for those purposes.

  7. Rebreather - Wikipedia

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    In below-freezing operation (primarily mountain climbing), wet scrubber chemicals can freeze when oxygen bottles are changed, while there is a pause in the exothermic reaction of taking up the carbon dioxide, thus preventing carbon dioxide from reaching the scrubber material, and slowing the reaction when used again.

  8. Verruca (crustacean) - Wikipedia

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    Verruca jago Buckeridge, 1997; Verruca laevigata (Sowerby, 1827) Verruca minuta Young, 2000; Verruca mitra Hoek, 1907; Verruca scrippsae Zullo, 1964; Verruca sewelli Stubbings, 1936; Verruca spengleri Darwin, 1854; Verruca stroemia (O.F. Müller, 1776) (wart barnacle) Verruca vertica † Verruca alaskana Pilsbry, 1943 † Verruca gailgoedertae ...

  9. Verruca stroemia - Wikipedia

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    Verruca stroemia (O.F. Müller, 1776) Verruca stroemia, the wart barnacle, is a species of asymmetrical sessile barnacle in the family Verrucidae. [1] [2] References