Look up: phosgene

1. phosgene
   [n] - a colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay
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2. phosgene
   Common name for carbonyl chloride, used as a chemical weapon in World War I. It is not immediately irritating when inhaled but causes an acute inflammation of the lungs; victims frequently felt...
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3. Phosgene
   A colourless poisonous gas widely used as a chemical weapon during WWI, but which also has industrial utility in plastics manufacturing and is listed in Schedule 3.
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4. phosgene
   a poisonous, colorless, very volatile liquid or suffocating gas...a chemical-warfare compound.. Category: Chemistry
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5. Phosgene
   Phos'gene adjective [ Greek ... light + the root of ... to be born: confer French phosgène .] (Old Chem.) Producing, or produced by, the action of light; -- formerly used specifically to designate a gas now called carbonyl chloride . See Carbonyl .
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6. phosgene
   <chemistry> Producing, or produced by, the action of light; formerly used specifically to designate a gas now called carbonyl chloride. See Carbonyl. ... Origin: Gr. Light + the root of to be born: cf. F. Phosgene. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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7. phosgene
   noun a colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay; used in chemical warfare
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8. phosgene
   (fos´jēn) a suffocating and highly poisonous war gas, carbonyl chloride, COCl2.
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9. Phosgene
   • (a.) Producing, or produced by, the action of light; -- formerly used specifically to designate a gas now called carbonyl chloride. See Carbonyl.
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10. phosgene
    a colourless, chemically reactive, highly toxic gas having an odour like that of musty hay, used in making organic chemicals, dyestuffs, ... [2 related articles]
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11. Phosgene
    COCl2 Molar mass: 98.9161
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12. phosgene
    phosgene (fos'jēn) , colorless poison gas, first used during World War I by the Germans (1915). When dispersed in air, the gas has the odor of new-mowed hay. The gas is highly toxic; when inhaled it reacts with water in the lungs to form hydrochloric acid and carbon monoxide. Because the u...
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13. Phosgene
    Phosgene (carbonyl chloride) is a lung irritant gas used during the Second World War. It is a colourless gas with a smell of musty hay. It is a very poisonous gas, acting immediately to three hours after exposure causing oedema of the lungs.
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14. Phosgene
    Phosgene is a colourless, fuming toxic gas formed by the union of carbon monoxide and chlorine in sunlight, or by the oxidation of chloroform by sulphuric acid and potassium bichromate. It is decomposed by water.
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15. phosgene
    (CG) Type: Term Pronunciation: fos′jēn Definitions: 1. a colorless liquid below 8.2°C, but an extremely poisonous gas at ordinary temperatures; it is an insidious gas, given that it is not immediately irritating, even when fatal concentrations are inhaled; more than 80% of World War I's chemical agent fatalities were caused b...
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16. Phosgene
    --> --> --> `Phosgene` is the chemical compound with the formula COCl₂. This colorless gas gained infamy as a chemical weapon during World War I. It is also a valued industrial reagent and building block in synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other organic compounds. In low concentrati...
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