Monday, December 19, 2005

Do You Know This?

On deodorant bottles, why is it specified to spray from a distance of 15 cms or 6 inches?
The deodorant cans are pressurised cans which eject
the spray of deodorant from a single point source.
Consequently, the spray diverges and spreads widely
as it moves away from the source of ejection.
Thus if the can is held too close to the skin then very less area of skin gets sprayed with too much of deodorant, making the process wasteful;
while if the can is held at a distance of more than 15 cm
the concentration of deodorant over the skin becomes too less
and this renders it ineffective.
A distance of 15 cm ensures that just the right amount of deodorant is sprayed over the unit surface area of skin thus making it most effective
--Aj

11 comments:

Ajay said...

Hey some of my Blogg frns call me gyan guru... this another gyan for them...

Abhishek said...

gyan guru???surely u must b cald diplo only...
anyways sahi "gyan" blog.

Keshi said...

good info Ajay...but I always hold it very close to my skin when spraying - guess now I wont :)

Keshi.

~*. D E E P A .* ~ said...

i use deos like mad ....

looks like i've missed out on a lotta posts here :((

~*. D E E P A .* ~ said...

i dont use a mobile .. so no danger or trouble at petrol pumps :)))

Shikha said...

I thought holding it close is bad for the skin..thats why the 15cm rule

Michelle said...

hehehe will keep dat in mind :-)

Praveen R. said...

hahaha....now i'll know how to save on my deo

karuna said...

actually for once i did know that!
And i dont even use deo!

Sudarshan said...

Dude seems like doing lots of research lol..where do u get the time considering that u're a VTU student???

San said...

yep already knew this :p

mr helpful :)