Glutaraldehyde is a colourless liquid with a pungent odor used to sterilize medical and dental equipment. It is also used for industrial water treatment and as a chemical preservative. But it is toxic, causing severe eye, nose, throat and lung irritation, along with headaches, drowsiness and dizziness. Sterilization (or Sterilisation) is the elimination of all transmissible agents (such as bacteria, prions and viruses) from a surface or piece of equipment. ... Industrial Water Treatment can be classified into the following categories: Boiler water treatment Cooling water treatment Wastewater treatment Water treatment is used to optimise most water-based industrial processes, such as: heating, cooling, processing, cleaning, and rinsing, so that operating costs and risks are reduced. ... Toxic redirects here, but this is also the name of a song by Britney Spears; see Toxic (song) Look up toxic and toxicity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... gonfly]].]] In most vertebrates and some mollusks, the eye works by allowing light to enter it and project onto a light-sensitive panel of cells known as the retina at the rear of the eye, where the light is detected and converted into electrical signals, which are then transmitted to... Human nose in profile A typical bulbous human nose, here used to support a pair of glasses. ... Anatomy In anatomy, the throat is the part of the neck anterior to the vertebral column. ... The lungs flank the heart and great vessels in the chest cavity. ... A headache (medically known as cephalalgia) is a condition of pain in the head; sometimes neck or upper back pain may also be interpreted as a headache. ...

Glutaraldehyde is an oily liquid at room temperature (density 1.06 g/mL), and miscible with water, alcohol, and benzene. It is used as a tissue fixative in electron microscopy. It is employed as embalming fluid, is a component of leather tanning solutions, and occurs as an intermediate in the production of certain industrial chemicals. A liquid will assume the shape of its container. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... The millilitre is the equivalent of a cubic centimetre. ... The chemistry term miscible refers to the property of various liquids that allows them to be mixed together. ... Impact of a drop of water. ... This article is about the chemical compound. ... Benzene, also known as benzol, is an organic chemical compound with the formula C6H6. ... It has been suggested that Selected area diffraction be merged into this article or section. ... Embalming, in most modern cultures, is the art and science of temporarily preserving human remains to forestall decomposition and make it suitable for display at a funeral. ...

An isomer of glutaraldehyde has recently been developed by Seachem Laboratories, Inc. as a fertilizer for aquatic plants by providing a source of organic carbon. It is marketed under the name Flourish Excel. In chemistry, isomers are molecules with the same chemical formula and often with the same kinds of bonds between atoms, but in which the atoms are arranged differently. ... spreading manure, an organic fertilizer Fertilizers or fertilisers (British English) are compounds given to plants with the intention of promoting growth; they are usually applied either via the soil, for uptake by plant roots, or by foliar feeding, for uptake through leaves. ... Aquatic plants, also called hydrophytic plants or hydrophytes. ... General Name, Symbol, Number carbon, C, 6 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 14, 2, p Appearance black (graphite) colorless (diamond) Atomic mass 12. ...

External links

• National Pollutant Inventory - Glutaraldehyde Fact Sheet

• Link page to external chemical sources.