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Chlorine is a highly reactive gas that kills many forms of life. In small quantities, it is used as a sterilizing agent in Swimming Pools and spas. When properly used, it is safe, but leaks can be deadly.
Chlorine is most commonly found in combination with sodium, an explosive and poisonous metal. It is one of the curious facts of chemistry that a deadly gas and an explosive metal can combine to form sodium chloride, a compound which is mostly harmless and is essential to all life. Sodium chloride, with the chemical formula NaCl, is ordinary "table salt".
During World War 1, chlorine and other deadly gasses were dispersed onto battlefields to kill or incapacitate unprotected soldiers. As a war gas, it acts by blistering the sensitive membranes of the eyes, nose and lungs, blinding the victim and causing the lungs to ooze fluid into the lungs. In effect, the victim drowns in his own fluids.
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Is chlorine poisonous to human?
Yes, it was used as a poisonous gas in World War I.
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.
Was fluorine used in World War 1?
No, that was chlorine, being enough toxic as war gas WW-I
What was the poison gas used in World War 1 that is on the periodic table?
It was chlorine. That's the only poisonous gas that is a pure element that was used in WWI.
What element was used as a poisonous gas in World War 1?
The common poison gas of WWI was Mustard Gas, a combination of Sulfur and Chlorine (C4H8Cl2S).
What gas was used by Germany in world war 2?
Chlorine
What poison gas was used during World War 1?
Chlorine
What element was used as a posiness gas in world war 2?
chlorine
What element was the poison gas used in World War 2?
chlorine
What kinds of gas were used in World War 1?
Tear gas, mustard gas, phosgene and chlorine gas.
What were some poisonous gases used in World War I?
Mustard Gas Chlorine
Element is Poisonous when inhaled?
Chlorine, which was used as a poisonous gas in World War I.
Is chlorine poisonous to human?
Yes, it was used as a poisonous gas in World War I.
In what war was chlorine gas first used as a weapon?
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.
What was the posion gas used in World War 1 called?
1) Chlorine 2) Mustard Gas
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.
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.
