isopropyl
Americanadjective
noun
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The FSA says that isopropyl has "a strong odour and it may be possible to detect contaminated products by smell alone".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024
That compares with 108, or 3.3 percent of the 3,272 patients who received 2% chlorhexidine gluconate in 70% isopropyl alcohol.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024
All you have to do is pour roughly five ounces of 70% or 91% isopropyl alcohol — don’t use bioethanol or any gelled fuels — inside of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
The same holds true for thermometers, acetaminophen, isopropyl alcohol and other basic medical supplies.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2021
Benzol, bisulphide of carbon, nitrite of amyl, nitrite of butyl, iodide of allyl, iodide of isopropyl, and many other substances may be employed.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
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