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Why is administering an alcohol run or sponge is commonly done to lower the temperature of a feverish person?
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Alcohol evaporates very fast and that cools the person better than plain water will.
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Why do you use alcohol to sponge a person with high fever?
alcohol is a volatile liquid since its boiling point is relatively low compared to that of water etc. thus it evaporates faster and at lower temperatures. when it evaporates, it takes away the heat from the skin surface thus bringing down the temperature of the skin. since temperature is the measure of heat energy.
Who enforces the Federal Alcohol Administration Act?
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has been responsible for administering and enforcing the FAAA
Which department is responsible for enforcing and administering firearms and explosives laws and monitoring the taxation and distribution of alcohol and tobacco product?
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,
What two substances are used in the thermometer's glass tube?
MERCURY is commonly used in thermometers designed for medical and elevated temperatures, and ALCOHOL (with a coloured dye) is used in medical and very low temperature thermometers. Both these use glass tubes. Very high temperature thermometers contain Gallium, which is a liquid at room temperature, in a quartz tube.
Is ethanol commonly called grain alcohol?
Called Grain Alcohol, drinking alcohol, ethyl alcohol or pure alcohol
Alcohol is this process affected by temperature?
Yes, temperature affect the concentration of alcohol. Alcohol is made up of ethanol, high temperature oxidised ethanol to ethanoic acid so the concentration of alcohol decrease.
Does temperature affect the weight of alcohol?
yes, it do affect the alcohol
Liquid alcohol will change to vapor when its temperature reaches the what?
Liquid alcohol will change to vapor when its temperature reaches its boiling temperature. When alcohol reaches its boiling temperature, each molecule of alcohol has enough energy to separate from each other, so each molecule can move freely. The boiling point of liquid alcohol is 351K or 78C
What drug is most commonly abused?
Alcohol.
What property describes when alcohol at 60 degrees Celsius?
Ethyl alcohol or ethanol (more commonly known as drinking alcohol), will be a hot alcohol.
The effect of alcohol in the body?
lowers the temperature lowers the temperature
What liquid metal was commonly used in thermometer?
We still use colored alcohol for our liquid in everyday thermometers.
