Mosquito Repellent Liquid: Mosquitoes spread many deadly diseases like dengue, malaria and chikungunya. Along with this, they keep troubling us by buzzing near the ears and repeatedly biting us. That’s why products that kill them can be seen in almost all homes. In the olden days, neem leaves were fumigated to drive away mosquitoes. Apart from this, products like coils, creams, liquids and sprays are available in the market to kill or repel mosquitoes. The electric machine is the most popular among mosquito repellent devices, in which a liquid that kills mosquitoes is filled inside a refill. Let us know what is this liquid and what is it made of?
Kerosene oil is more than 96%
You may be surprised to know that the liquid substance of the refill of electric mosquito repellent machine contains 96.4% kerosene. Now the question is that kerosene is very cheap, then why is this liquid so expensive? Actually, apart from kerosene, this liquid also contains many other expensive chemicals. Because of which it becomes expensive. Let us know, what are the substances in it.
These substances are present in the liquid that kills mosquitoes
It contains aromatic kerosene in maximum quantity, which is about 96.4% of the volume of the entire liquid. After kerosene, it contains an insecticide called transfluthrin. Which is about 1.6% of the liquid. Apart from this, it also contains 1.0% butyrate hydroxylolin and finally substances like benzyl acetal, citronellol and dimethyl octadylene are mixed in this liquid. These occur in a total of 1.0% of its volume.
Evaporates from the rod and kills mosquitoes
All these chemicals are mixed together, so that they can be easily vaporized when heated. When the machine is switched on by plugging it into an electrical socket, the rod lying in the liquid heats up and gradually vaporizes it. After which it spreads in the whole room and kills mosquitoes.
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