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Why do doctors rub your skin with rubbing alcohol before they give you a shot?
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∙ 10y ago
to prevent infection
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What chemicals are in rubbing alcohol?
Usually water and Isopropyl Alcohol and sometimes some aromatic fragrances. Isopropyl alcohol is made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (C3H7OH), which makes it an organic compound. Isopropyl alcohol comes from wood grain. Rubbing alcohol is typically 70% isopropanol and 30% water. Isopropanol is propane (C3H8) with one of the middle hydrogens knocked off and replaced with a hydroxyl (OH). The formula for isopropanol is C3H8O, or writing the formula to show how the atoms are connected, it would be (CH3)2CH-OH Should be nothing more than isopropyl alcohol and perhaps some water. Some preparations also add some food coloring (green, usually), so it doesn't look like water.
How do you distill hand sanitizer in order to make edible alcohol?
Wikipedia has an article on Alcohol Rubs here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_sanitizer They typically use ethanol (standard drinking alcohol mixed with something to render it undrinkable) or isopropanol ("rubbing alcohol" which is poisonous — not in a good way — if swallowed). A concentration of 60-70 percent is needed. Standard rubbing alcohol should do the trick, as would a 120+ proof liquor, although both will dry out your skin. You could mix in a small amount of glycerine for moisturizing, and possibly a thickener, but you risk diluting the alcohol to where the mixture is no longer effective. A mixture of nine parts 70% rubbing alcohol to one part glycerine should give you a good (but runny) substitute at a lower price.
Will rubbing alcohol kill plants?
Yes, if plants receive just a small amount you will see in just a week that your plant will start to dry up, the it will start to shrink in a few week's. This happens because the alcohol dries out the inside of the plant in a certain way that even if you give it water it will still die. Don't try using that on plants. Sincerely, Shabaze rasheem
Can alcohol kill mold?
AnswerAlcohol (of at least a 60% solution) will kill all fungi, 99.9% of bacteria and many viruses, but does not kill spores. ANSWER:It doesn't kill as well as you would think it should on skin. It will however sweep it from one place on the skin to another. When you go to give blood, the nurse starts with an alcohol prep pad and makes a circle with it going outwards. This is because alcohol is not a sterilizer. Use Betadine on the skin or bleach on other surfaces to kill bacteria most effectively. If an item is immersed in alcohol, then it will kill most bacteria.
Is it true that rubbing alcohol was used and might still be used in hospitals to give patients a back rub and does it lower a temperature?
I have never seen alcohol used to give a back rub. It is going to be damaging to the patients skin integrity. It will probably lower temperature, but so will cool water. So i would have to say that they wouldn't use that in hospitals to lower temperature, because there are better ways to lower temps.
Can you put rubbing alcohol in a diesel engine?
Ya its possible to blend rubbing alcohol with diesel by 25%.It give good performance and reduction in NOx emission.....
Can inhaling rubbing alcohol make you high?
Not very. It can make you a bit stupid, give you a nasty headache and -- under some circumstances -- kill you.
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Can you wear a potassium earring?
No you cannot, once it touches your ear it will give you an infection and you will die. You can treat it with rubbing alcohol but only for a little while and you will have to be rushed to the emergency room.
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yes you can only if parents say you can it is required to ask parents first for safety Answer Yes, rubbing alcohol works well to clean the earring and your skin around it. Make sure that you can smoothly slide the earring to know that you've cleaned it enough.
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Why would a wife comes home and washes panties with rubbing alcohol?
It may be that she had a discharge, that can give off a odor. Possible a stain from the monthly. Alcohol has been used to remove stains, and sanitize. Don't take it that she has cheated... Ask she why. she had be wiht a nouter man
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A doctor may warn you that alcohol can interfere with the medication you need, and if the consequences are potentially fatal and he doesn't believe you'll stop drinking, he might not give you that particular medication.
