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Answer for the clue "Artist gets covered in an amount of mixed chemicals ", 9 letters:
soda lime

Word definitions for soda lime in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a mixture of sodium and calcium hydroxides; absorbs liquids and gases

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Soda lime is a mixture of chemicals , used in granular form in closed breathing environments, such as general anaesthesia , submarines , rebreathers and recompression chambers , to remove carbon dioxide from breathing gases to prevent CO retention and carbon ...

Usage examples of soda lime.

The first canister contained silica gel which removed the water vapour, the second canister was packed with soda lime which removed the carbon dioxide, and the purified oxygen was cycled back to the face-masks.

Did you find a canister of soda lime for the rebreather's CO2 scrubbers?