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Invented by French chemist Claude Berthollet, chlorine gas was first used as a weapon by the military during the first World War in 1914. Chlorine gas was first used as a disarming weapon, and later as a fatal poison.
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Which element in salt was used in world war 1?
Chlorine gas was used as a weapon during World War I. Salt is Sodium chloride.
What chlorine gas is. Who used it first?
The gas chlorine is a halogen with the chemical symbol Cl; chlorine was discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
What is the immediate concern of chlorine exposure is the effects on?
Chlorine is a toxic gas, can be used as a lethal gas in the war.
What is a greenish yellow gas used as bleach and water disinfectant?
This is Chlorine (Cl2) present in neutral bleach (NaCl2OH)
What greenish-yellow gas is used to disinfect waters?
This gas is chlorine (Cl).
Is chlorine inert?
Chlorine is NOT an inert gas. "Inert" means unreactive. Chlorine is a very reactive and very poisonous gas. It was used as a weapon in the First World War; it was known as Mustard Gas.
How was chlorine used as a weapon in 1915?
Used to "GAS" the enemy
How was chlorine gas used?
It was used as a weapon during WW1. The gas was packed into artillery shells and shot into the enemy trenches.
What was the gas used in World War I?
Gasses were invented well before World War 1. The Britons originally thought that gas was not a weapon but it was the french who through out the first gas grenade. Chlorine gas was first made by the Germans.
Which poison gas was used first in war?
Chlorine
Which element in salt was used in world war 1?
Chlorine gas was used as a weapon during World War I. Salt is Sodium chloride.
What chlorine gas is. Who used it first?
The gas chlorine is a halogen with the chemical symbol Cl; chlorine was discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
What are the bad things about chlorine?
The bad things about chlorine was around 19th century when terrorist used it as a nuclear weapon. They stole it everywhere to make bombs. Also it was a toxic gas.
Was tear gas used during the civil war?
no, chemical weapons such as gas were first used in WWI, starting with chlorine gas
Who was commonly thought to be the first to use gas?
Germany. They used Chlorine gas in the second battle of Ypres.
What gas was most commonly used in world war 1?
The 22nd of April 1915 in the second battle of Ypres.
What kind of weapon's where used to fight on the battlefield?
Rifles, grenades and mounted machine guns. Artillery was also popular and used often daily. Also poison gas (Chlorine Gas) was used by the Germans against previous agreements against the use of gas
