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See also: gas into absolute See also: alcohol
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It is a colourless liquid with a sweetish burning taste and an agreeable odour
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It is extremely volatile, boiling at 12.5° C
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(54'5° F.), and is therefore a gas at ordinary See also: room temperatures; it is stored in See also: glass tubes fitted with screw-capped nozzles
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The vapour burns with a smoky See also: green-edged flame
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It is largely used in See also: dentistry and slight surgical operations to produce See also: local See also: anaesthesia (q.v.), and is known by the See also: trade-name kelene
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More volatile anaesthetics such as anestile or anaesthyl and coryl are produced by mixing with methyl chloride; a mixture of See also: ethyl and methyl chlorides with ethyl bromide is known as somnoform
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