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  2. Carnyx - Wikipedia

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    Carnyx from the Tintignac group. Three carnyx players depicted on plate E of the Gundestrup cauldron. The ancient carnyx was a wind instrument used by the Celts during the Iron Age, between c. 200 BC and c. AD 200. It was a type of trumpet made of bronze with an elongated S shape, held so that the long straight central portion was vertical and ...

  3. Carnoy's solution - Wikipedia

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    Carnoy's solution is a fixative composed of 60% ethanol, 30% chloroform and 10% glacial acetic acid, 1 gram of ferric chloride. [1][2] Carnoy's solution is also the name of a different fixation composed of ethanol and glacial acetic acid (3:1). [3][4][5] The invention of Carnoy's solution is attributed to Jean-Baptiste Carnoy, a pioneering 19th ...

  4. Euthanasia solution - Wikipedia

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    Euthanasia solution. A euthanasia solution is a drug-containing aqueous solution for intentionally ending life to either relieve pain and suffering or execute convicts. [1] The drugs used in euthanasia solution do not only need to be safe to personnel, but they also need to have a rapid onset of action and minimize the possible pain felt by ...

  5. Fentanyl - Wikipedia

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    Fentanyl is a highly potent synthetic piperidine opioid primarily used as an analgesic. It is 30 to 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine; [ 10 ] its primary clinical utility is in pain management for cancer patients and those recovering from painful surgeries. [ 11 ][ 12 ] Fentanyl is also used as a sedative ...

  6. Free base - Wikipedia

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    Free base. Free base (freebase, free-base) is a descriptor for the neutral form of an amine commonly used in reference to illicit drugs. The amine is often an alkaloid, such as nicotine, cocaine, morphine, and ephedrine, or derivatives thereof. Freebasing is a more efficient method of self-administering alkaloids via the smoking route.

  7. Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory - Wikipedia

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    The kit was created by Alfred Carlton Gilbert, who was an American athlete, magician, toy-maker, business man, and inventor of the well-known Erector Set.Gilbert believed that toys were the foundation in building a "solid American character", and many of his toys had some type of educational significance to them.

  8. Singer Model 27 and 127 - Wikipedia

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    Advertising card from 1920s showing motor kit The add-on motor drives the handwheel by means of a rubber belt. Meanwhile the bobbin winder has a separate belt: the models 27 and 28 drive the bobbin winder using a long round or V belt to the motor, whereas the 'modernized' models 127 and 128 drive the bobbin winder directly off the handwheel by ...

  9. Technetium-99m generator - Wikipedia

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    A Tc-99m pertechnetate solution is being eluted from Mo-99 molybdate bound to a chromatographic substrate. A technetium-99m generator, or colloquially a technetium cow or moly cow, is a device used to extract the metastable isotope 99m Tc of technetium from a decaying sample of molybdenum-99. 99 Mo has a half-life of 66 hours [ 1 ] and can be ...