What's the difference between kero and kerosene?

Kero


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  • (1) The Surf Club provides luxury safari tents right by the beautiful beach of Keros Bay.
  • (2) • £400, +30 69443 55755, ethaleia.gr Surf Club Keros Glamping arrives in Greece!
  • (3) Accommodation is in family-run hotels on the islands of Schinoussa and Koufonissi, with daily swims of between 1km and 4km to destinations such as Iraklia, the uninhabited island of Fidousa, and Keros, which was once the centre of an ancient Cycladic community.
  • (4) The tour starts with a gentle exploration of the Naxos coastline before you make the first crossing, to Koufonissi, which actually consists of three islands Kato (Lower), Pano (Upper) Koufonissi, and the uninhabited isle of Keros, where there will be time for snorkelling, swimming and kayaking among the many sea caves.
  • (5) • +30 22540 61349 Don’t miss What else to do at the Surf Club Keros but try the waves?
  • (6) Half a mile across the sea is the legendary island of Keros, once thought to be the doorway to Hades, and now uninhabited except for teams of visiting archeologists from Cambridge University picking through the rich remains of Bronze Age Cycladic history.

Kerosene


Definition:

  • (n.) An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also coal oil. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane series.

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  • (1) The results strongly suggest that secondary bacterial infection following kerosene-induced pneumonitis is rare.
  • (2) Results indicate that the primate brain is resistent to the direct toxic effects of kerosene.
  • (3) The most important causes of acute poisoning were kerosene (59%) and traditional medicines (15.8%).
  • (4) Baboons were utilized to investigate the clinicopathologic effects of kerosene, given via various routes, on the primate brain.
  • (5) Assimilation of kerosene and hexadecane was optimal at pH 2 and was stimulated by yeast extract.
  • (6) Guinea pigs were exposed to kerosene aerosol and compared to controls exposed to atmospheric air.
  • (7) Those using kerosene suffered more than those using gas (22.2% as compared to 9.2%) Lung functions (FVC, FEVI) were lowest in Parel for males and in Maravali for females.
  • (8) On the other hand, the bronchoconstrictive effect of kerosene in guinea pigs and rabbits was not modified by the previous treatment with mepyramine or triamcinolone respectively.
  • (9) Kerosene exposure induced cytologic and biochemical changes in the pulmonary washings of guinea pigs.
  • (10) The biochemical mechanisms involved in the bronchoconstriction and airway hyperresponsiveness induced by the acute inhalation of aerosol of kerosene in experimental animals and the inflammatory changes induced by subchronic inhalation of the aerosol or smoke of kerosene were investigated.
  • (11) Kerosene pressure stove accidents occurred commonly in the age group 16-35 years and were rare in other age groups.
  • (12) Must read If I'm on fire in a well full of kerosene, then the emergency ladder release instructions are a "must read".
  • (13) Investigations showed that the explosions occurred due to petrol contamination of the kerosene before delivery to the domestic users.
  • (14) Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian For the one in five of the world's population who live off the electricity grid, Eliasson hopes that it will change lives, allowing people to read, work and interact at a fraction of the cost, over time, of using kerosene lamps.
  • (15) The carboxyhaemoglobin concentrations were significantly higher in the women using the three types of fuel (mean (SEM) concentration 7.49% [corrected] (0.67%) for kerosene, 15.74% (0.83%) for biomass fuel, and 17.16% (0.62%) for liquified petroleum gas, compared with 3.52% (0.33%) in the control subjects.
  • (16) Repeated exposure to kerosene produced histologic changes in the foot pad skin and popliteal lymph nodes of mice and systemic toxic manifestations such as variation in hematologic profile, significant decreases in relative weight of thymus, spleen and abdominal lymph nodes and altered histology.
  • (17) Young healthy albino male mice were subjected to repeated exposure to kerosene by wrapping each of their hind feet with a muslin cloth (1 x 10 cm) wetted with kerosene (0.1 ml).
  • (18) It would still cost more than kerosene to buy, but that would be balanced by the expected financial value of the carbon saving it delivers.
  • (19) There’s a lot of them.” Other people on the waiting list for new homes – wooden bungalows or trailers – are what she calls “burn downs”, whose homes were destroyed by fire from candles, kerosene heaters or pot belly stoves.
  • (20) Seven components of gasoline (isopentane, n-pentane, 2-methylpentane, benzene, 2-methylhexane, 3-methylhexane and toluene) and five of kerosene (xylene, C9H20, mesitylene, pseudocumene and C11H24) were chosen as indicators with a coefficient of variation of 5-24%.

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