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Tear gas is non-lethal in most situations. It is made to force people out of closed areas. Tear gas is legal for police and national guard use.
Nerve gas is lethal or crippling in most situations. It is made to disable and kill those who breathe it. Nerve gas is banned by the Geneva Convention and a large number of other treaties. Nerve gas cannot be used by the military, national guard, or police.
There have been several documented cases of uses of nerve gas outside the USA.
The Soviet Union used nerve gas in Afghanistan.
Iran and Iraq both used nerve gas in the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. Both countries also used nerve gas against ethnic groups in rebellion (Kurds, Azerbajanis).
A terrorist attack on the Japan subway system used nerve gas.
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How does nerve gas work?
Nerve gas enters the body when inhailed and it tears the body up from inside out Nerve gas enters the body when inhailed and it tears the body up from inside out
What are the most dangerous gases in ww1?
mustard gas tear gas poison gas
Is the Gas chamber is a nerve agent?
No, the Holocaust gas was not a nerve agent. It was a cyanide gas. Cyanide kills by binding to the blood in your system, rendering it useless to you.
What is the common name and chemical name of tear gas and laughing gas?
Laughing gas, sometimes called "nos" or "nitrous", is NO2, nitrous oxide. Tear gas refers to several different compounds which may or may not have a general structure.
What was the new chemical weapon used during world war 1?
Tear Gas and Mustard Gas
What is the difference between ammonia gas and ammonia ion?
What is the difference between ammonia gas and an ammonium ion?
Is itpossible to make fear gas?
There are many types of tear gas, and laughing gas (nitrous oxide), but no fear gas as such. There were experimental nerve agents that were tested years ago, some of which induced anxiety or fear, but none of these is being produced or used.
What is the difference between water and gas?
Water is a liquid and Gas is a gas
What chemical is known as tear gas?
The chemical name of Tear gas is 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile or o-Chlorobenzylidene Malononitrile.(C10H5ClN2). Tear Gas aka CS Gas.
What is the difference between red gas and green gas?
The color. :)
Is ethane used as tear gas?
Ethers containing peroxides can be detonate as tear gas when heated. Unburned material may form powerful tear gas. When wet, also forms irritating formaldehyde gas.
Which gas is used in tear gas and which gas is used in laughing gas?
The basic constituent of Tear gas is phosgen gas, COCl2 (Carbonyl chloride) and laughing gas is nitrous oxide or N2O.
Difference between solid liquid and gases in fluidity?
What is the difference between solid and gas in terms of their fluidity
What is the difference between gas heat and electric heat?
Go with the gas heat.
What is the difference between G20 natural gas and G25 natural gas?
the name
What is the chemical used on rioters?
tear gas Refer to the related links to see a Wikipedia article about tear gas.
What is the name of gas contain in tear gas?
lachrymator
