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What is a hand grenade used for?
Used as a weapon of war, explosive grenades are disgned to cause casualties. Other grenades may produce smoke for signalling, disperse tear gas, or start fires.
What country was the first to use poison gas during World War 1?
The first to use gas (tear gas) was by the french in August 1914 in the form of tear gas grenades (xylyl bromide) against the Germans. however the Chlorine gas was introduced to the trenches by German forces on 22 April 1915, at the start of the Second Battle of Ypres.
What does tear gas do?
Tear gas is actually not a gas, but the vapor of a crystal. The two most common are CN and CS. When heated, or blown about in a fine powder, they cause a burning sensation sensation to the skin, eyes, and lungs. OC is an extract of the oil found in hot peppers, and is commonly used in self defense sprays.
What was the purpose of a granade?
There are three kinds of grenades. Antipersonnel grenades are used against people. There are fragmentation grenades, which break up when they explode and scatter, at high speeds, pieces of metal which injure or kill whoever you used the grenade against. There are also distraction grenades which create a loud noise and bright flash of light to stun the target...while they're stunned, you can rush in and take them into custody. (SWAT teams love distraction grenades.) Smoke grenades produce thick clouds of smoke. There are white smoke grenades used to conceal troop movements, and colored smoke grenades used for signaling. Product-delivery grenades come in two varieties. The first are White Phosphorous (willy-pete), which is an incendiary agent. The other are Tear Gas grenades.
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 angle can an 40mm grenade penetrate armor?
This depends on what kind of 40mm grenade you are talking about, its like asking how fast can a car drive. The 40mm grenades are used as both fragmentation grenades, designed to disperse shrapnel and either kill or wound enemy personnel, and penetrating grenades. Flares, smoke canisters, and CS tear gas may also be fired through a 40mm grenade launcher, but these weapons are not designed for armour piercing capabilities.
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.
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
What element of the periodic table is used in tear gas?
The best known tear gas is "CS" gas- this contains carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and chlorine.
Why are eyes burn in tear gas cell bursting?
In fact there is a chemical composition of chloroform and nytric acid called Chloropcrin in tear gas which causes eye burning while tear gas cells are burst.
