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Pharmaceutical Preparations > Dosage Forms > Colloids > Aerosols > Aerosol Propellants
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Complex Mixtures > Colloids > Aerosols > Aerosol Propellants

Preferred term

Aerosol Propellants  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • IM; coord with propellant if relevant (IM); D25-26 qualif with discretion

Scope note

  • Compressed gases or vapors in a container which, upon release of pressure and expansion through a valve, carry another substance from the container. They are used for cosmetics, household cleaners, and so on. Examples are BUTANES; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUOROCARBONS; NITROGEN; and PROPANE. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

History note

  • 91(73); was see under AEROSOLS 1973-90; was in Cat D & J 1973-82

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000335

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