acetylene
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a gas that is burned with oxygen to produce a flame that can cut metal
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a poisonous gas with a strong unpleasant smell, or the gas dissolved in water. It is used in products used for cleaning things.
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a gas that is in the air and that does not produce a chemical reaction when mixed with other substances. It is sometimes used in electric lights.
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a gas without color or smell, produced when you breathe out or when substances containing carbon are burnt. The fact that the earth is getting hotter because of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is called the greenhouse effect.
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chlorofluorocarbon: a gas used in refrigerators and in some aerosol containers. CFCs are not often used anymore because they damage the ozone layer of the Earth’s atmosphere.
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a gas that has no color and no smell and burns very easily. It is obtained from petroleum and natural gas and is used as a fuel.
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a gas obtained from petroleum and natural gas. It is used in making polythene and other chemicals and to make fruit ripen (=become ready to eat or use).
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a gas with no color and a strong smell, used mixed with water for preserving dead things in a laboratory
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a gas that stops heat from escaping from the atmosphere and causes the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas.
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the gas nitrous oxide used in the past by doctors and dentists to prevent people feeling pain during a medical operation
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a gas that is produced when plants in an area of wet land decay and consists mainly of methane
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a poisonous gas that burns your skin, eyes, nose, throat, and lungs, used especially in World War I
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a poisonous gas that damages people’s nerves and can kill them, used as a weapon in war
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a gas with no color or smell that exists in large quantities in the air that we breathe
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a gas used by doctors and dentists to prevent people from feeling pain during a medical operation
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a gas that does not react with other substances, from the group of gases that includes helium and neon
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a mixture of oxygen and a gas called acetylene, used as a fuel for making a very hot flame that cuts metal
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a hydrocarbon gas obtained from natural gas or petroleum, used as a fuel for cooking and heating
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a gas used for forcing a substance out of a spray can when you push the button on top
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a type of radioactive gas that is produced when radium separates into the parts it is made of
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a poisonous gas with a strong smell, used in industry and often a cause of air pollution
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a gas that makes your eyes sting, used especially by the police to control violent crowds
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