ethylene oxide fumigation

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• Ethylene oxide — A chemical widely used in the health care industry to sterilize medical devices and also used to make other chemicals. In the year 2000 the US government upgraded ethylene oxide to the status of a known human carcinogen. There is an increased… …   Medical dictionary

• ethylene oxide — noun : a colorless flammable toxic gaseous or liquid compound C2H4O made by reaction of ethylene chlorohydrin and alkali or by catalytic oxidation of ethylene and used chiefly in organic synthesis (as of ethylene glycol and ethanolamines) and in… …   Useful english dictionary

• ethylene oxide — noun Date: circa 1884 a colorless flammable toxic compound C2H4O used especially in synthesis (as of ethylene glycol) and in sterilization and fumigation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Propylene oxide — IUPAC name Epoxypropane …   Wikipedia

• fumigant — /fyooh mi geuhnt/, n. any volatile or volatilizable chemical compound used as a disinfectant or pesticide. [1720 30; < L fumigant (s. of fumigans, prp. of fumigare), equiv. to fumig (see FUMIGATE) + ant ANT] * * * ▪ chemistry       any volatile,… …   Universalium

• Food irradiation — The Radura logo, used to show a food has been treated with ionizing radiation. Food irradiation is the process of exposing food to ionizing radiation[1] to destroy microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, or ins …   Wikipedia

• hydrogen cyanide — a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid. [1880 85] * * * ▪ chemical compound also called  formonitrile (HCN)        a highly volatile, colourless, and extremely poisonous… …   Universalium

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• fumigant — /ˈfjuməgənt/ (say fyoohmuhguhnt) noun any chemical, as methyl bromide and ethylene oxide, which is used in fumigation …  

• agricultural technology — Introduction       application of techniques to control the growth and harvesting of animal and vegetable products. Soil preparation       Mechanical processing of soil so that it is in the proper physical condition for planting is usually… …   Universalium

• Smoke — is the collection of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases [ [http://www.fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire95/PDF/f95126.pdf Smoke Production and Properties ] SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering] emitted when a material undergoes… …   Wikipedia