Understanding Chemicals
Explain a Chemical.
Everything you see or touch, except light and electricity. Found as a molecule.
Adhesion Means...
A force of nature that sticks two surfaces together.
Good Adhesion depends on...
Proper technique and high-quality products
Define Nail Coating.
Products that cover the nail plate with a hardened film.
What is best thing for the natural nail?
A highly skilled and educated nail professional.
A blend of soot-like particles mixed with vapors, usually a result from burning substances.
Fumes.
These are especially useful if the client has oily nail plates.
Nail Primers
After __ minutes, natural oils and moisture will return to the nail plate.
30
Products that cure (chemical reaction)
Nail enhancements and UV/LED gel products
Overexposure determines...
Toxicity
_________ knowledge is the key to becoming a great nail professional.
Chemical
Even though primers will not damage the nail or etch the nail, corrosive acid based primers can burn the nail plate if the nail bed tissue is....
Over filed
Explain Overfiling.
Excessively roughing up the nail plate. This may cause lifting and separation of the nail plate.
Individual molecules that join to make a polymer.
Monomers
"All substances are poisonous, there is none that is not a poison. Only the dose differentiates a poison and a remedy" What 16th Century Physician said this.
Paracelsus
Explain the difference between a vapor and fumes.
A Vapor is formed when liquid evaporates.
A Fume is a blend of soot and vapors.
Allergic reaction over time can be traced back to....
Prolonged and/or Repeated skin contact
What should you do if your nail coating is not softened from remover solvents?
More time should be allowed for the remover to work properly.
A _____ monomers can join in less than one second.
A Billion
Ensuring that a salon has ___________ is a federal OSHA mandate that all salon owners and workers should take seriously.
Proper Ventilation
If Acetone can be changed into water, then petroleum jelly can be converted into what substance?
Vitamin C
Methacrylic Acid
How many times should a professional nail tech remove a set of nails?
No more than 2x a year.
The 3 main types of acrylics used to make all nail enhancements and adhesives are as follows. Methacrylates, acrylates, and cyanoacrylates. Please list the products that belong to each of the categories.
Methacrylates: Monomer, powder and one type of gel.
Acrylates: Most UV gels.
Cyanoacrylates: Nail Adhesives and wraps
These create strong net-like polymers.
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