The color change in CO2 absorbents on drying: An in vitro study using moisture analysis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-155

  Knolle, Erich ^a   Linert, Wolfgang ^b   Gilly, Hermann ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBENT; ALKALI; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROXIDE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; WATER; AMSORB; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARA LIME; BARIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; SPHERASORB; SUPERIA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; COLOR; HUMIDITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER RETENTION; ABSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION;

ABSORPTION; ANESTHETICS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLOR; DESICCATION; HUMIDITY; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

EID: 0038265518     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000066264.64544.DC     Document Type: Article

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