[DOC] [TLE] Formic Acid Dangers and Uses in Nature and in Humans | Owlcation [PAR] Feb 11, 2016 ... Formic acid is found in the sprayed venom of some ants and the secretions of ... A 
Florida carpenter ant produces a spray of formic acid as a defence mechanism. ... 
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mechanism, spray vapors of which caustic liquid,. HCOOH? Ans. Formic acid. 30. [DOC] [TLE] Quantification and evidence for mechanically metered release of ... [PAR] Mar 2, 2010 ... Using a model, one directed spray of the formic acid and ... defense against ants 
or similar predators even at a sub-lethal dose. pygidial ... 2000) and mechanisms 
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Camponotus) also have mandibular glands that extend throughout their bodies. [DOC] [TLE] Defensive production of formic acid (80%) by a carabid beetle - NCBI [PAR] The beetle ejects the secretion as a spray, which it aims accurately toward parts 
of ... chemistry (1), called attention to the production of an acid juyce by ants. 
Such fluid, containing formic acid, is well known nowadays to be ejected by ants 
of ... of the liquid, and as part of an attempt to obtain some measure of the 
defensive... [DOC] [TLE] Chemical Defenses of Arthropods - Annual Reviews [PAR] recently, our knowledge of these defense mechanisms consisted of little ... 
topically, either as liquids or as vapors. ... In some insects the fluid is expelled 
simply by muscular com .... tion forcibly as a jet of fluid, the adults cannot spray, 
since the gland ..... t A large number of ants produce formic acid [Stumper (130, 
131)). [DOC] [TLE] poison - Types of poison | biochemistry | Britannica.com [PAR] Apr 22, 2016 ... Although TCDD is extremely toxic to some animals, it is less so to others, but it .... 
after being metabolized to formic acid, which also leads to acidosis, ... and the 
elemental vapours, inorganic salts, and organic compounds of mercury. ..... 
Biotoxins may also function as defensive mechanisms, as in some... [DOC] [TLE] Chemical Burns | 2008-09-29 | AHC Media: Continuing Medical ... [PAR] Sep 28, 2008 ... Some of the commonly used chemicals that cause burns in ... Table 3 list some of 
the caustic chemicals and household products. .... of dead ants, formic acid is 
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.... the most effective defense mechanism that can lead to .... 5 percent sodium 
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Question: Some ants, as a defensive mechansim, spray vapors of this caustic liquid, HCOOH
Answer: formic acid