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Chemistry
Level
2
Nowadays, halogenated ethers are preferred as anesthetics. Why are laughing gas and diethyl ether no longer preferred anesthetics?
Both cause irritation on skin
Both do not produce deep anasthesia
One is highly flammable and other does not produce deep anasthesia
Both are highly flammable
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1 solution
Laughing gas or nitrous oxide is a weak general anaesthetic and does not produce deep anaesthesia, which diethyl ether is extremely flammable.