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Can submerging your hand in gasoline for extended periods of time kill you?
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∙ 15y ago
The simple answer is yes. Leaded gasoline contains tetra ethyl lead, which passes through the skin and kills you. Fortunately it's very dilute, so you'd have to have the gasoline on your skin for a long time. How long? I don't know. So it may not kill you, but it could cause serious effects since the gasoline will be absorbed into your bloodstream and that is dangerous. It would be a ghetto way of huffing. You should use plastic gloves, NOT RUBBER OR LATEX if you are going to submerge your hand in gasoline for extended periods. And avoid breathing leaded gasoline. xxx
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What is right hand rule in geology?
There are two different right hand rules...American right hand rule: Looking to the strike direction, the bed dips to the right. In our example, that would fit with 000/45. So, looking to the north, the bed dips to the right, to 090 (east).British right hand rule: The thumb of the right hand indicates the dip direction, and the heal points to the strike direction. So in our example, we would record the orientation as 180/45. That is: Strike towards 180 (perfect south bearing), and dip of 45º towards 090.
How much carbon dioxide is reduced per million btu's?
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What does that which no hand can reach no hand can clasp?
air
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one hand under base and the other hand on the arm
Is petrol a mixture or compound?
First, gasoline is not a simple chemical compound like water or ethanol. It is a mixture of hundreds of different compounds. The reason for this is that gasoline is made from crude oil. Crude oil, or petroleum, is made up of thousands of different compounds, and the exact compounds present and their relative amounts differ depending on where the petroleum is produced. (For example, oil produced in West Texas differs remarkably from oil produced in the Middle East.) After the oil is produced (or taken out of the ground via oil wells), it is shipped to an oil refinery, where it is separated into different products, including gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel fuel, among others. The separation of the oil takes place in a process called distillation. (Note that there are other processes which occur in a refinery as well, but the simplification to consider just distillation is not too far off.) In distillation, the oil is heated until it starts to boil. Some of the thousands of chemical compounds that make up the oil start to boil at low temperatures, and some do not boil until the petroleum has been heated up to higher temperatures. The different products (such as gasoline) that come out of a refinery are defined by their boiling temperatures during distillation. The lightest compounds (those that boil at the lowest temperature) become aviation gasoline, the next lightest become automotive gasoline, the next lightest become lightweight solvents and so on. In order of increasing boiling point, some other categories of refinery products are jet fuel, kerosene, diesel fuel, lubricants, greases, and asphalt. Gasoline is typically made from the fraction of the crude oil that boils at temperatures between about 50 degrees Celsius and 200 degrees Celsius. So, we can't say for sure exactly what compounds are present in gasoline, but we can define gasoline to some extent. First, it is made up almost entirely of hydrocarbons, which are molecules made up of carbon and hydrogen. (Some of the compounds present in gasoline also contain small amounts of other elements, including sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, and some trace metals.) Next, those hydrocarbons which make up most of gasoline boil at temperatures between about 50 and 200 degrees Celsius (120 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit). This means that these compounds are mostly those hydrocarbons that have between 6 and 12 carbon atoms in each molecule. A good average is probably octane, which has eight carbon atoms and 18 hydrogen atoms and is written C8H18. The second part of your question is a bit easier. Although gasoline contains many different chemical compounds, it is made up mostly of hydrocarbons, and all hydrocarbons form the same products when they are burned (just in different amounts). When a hydrocarbon is burned (that is, reacted with oxygen), it forms carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). For our "average" gasoline of C8H18, the reaction is 2 molecules of octane reacting with 25 molecules of oxygen (O2) to form 18 molecules of water and 16 molecules of carbon dioxide. Of course, this reaction only occurs completely in an ideal world. In the real world, there is usually not quite enough oxygen available fast enough inside your car's engine to allow the reaction to occur completely, so there is also some carbon monoxide (CO) formed as well. In addition, since the oxygen is provided by bringing air into the engine, and since air consists mostly of nitrogen, some oxides of nitrogen (NOX) are formed as well. Finally, some of the trace elements in the gasoline (such as sulfur) can react to form small amounts of other pollutants, such as SO2. So, to sum up, gasoline is a complicated mixture of hydrocarbons boiling between 120 and 400 degrees F, with chemical formulas between C6H14 and C12H26, but a good "average" compound is C8H18. These react in an ideal situation to produce carbon dioxide and water, but in an actual automobile engine they also produce some amount of undesirable compounds including carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, and sulfur containing compounds.
Why do the symptoms often occur at night?
Because the hand gets set in a certain position for extended periods of time. Many find that their hand is numb when they wake up in the morning, or that they wake up during the night with pain in the hand.
Can you do ridge hand with little finger leading?
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Why salt is insoluble in gasoline?
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What does this hand signal mean- pointer and pinky are extended but other fingers are not?
The hand signal you described with the pointer and pinky extended is commonly associated with the "rock on" hand gesture, often used to symbolize rock music, concerts, or expressing excitement and positivity.
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A hand gallop is also known as an extended canter, it is faster than a regular canter, but slower than a gallop.
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Fa is what hand sign?
The hand sign for "Fa" is made by joining the thumb and ring finger together while keeping the other fingers extended. It is a common hand gesture used in martial arts, particularly in Wing Chun Kung Fu, and represents the striking or attacking action.
What does a German do when their hand is dirty and offered a handshake?
* German people are no different than anyone else. They can either clean their hand on a cloth or simply say, 'I apologize, but my hands are dirty' and not shake the person's extended hand.
