1) Gas
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1) Gas used in WWI 2) Used in chemical warfare
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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 concentrations, its odor resembles freshly cut hay or grass. In addition to its industrial ...
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• (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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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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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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COCl2 Molar mass: 98.9161
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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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(fos´jēn) a suffocating and highly poisonous war gas, carbonyl chloride, COCl2.
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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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(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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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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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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Carbonyl chloride
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[
n] - a colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay
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noun a colorless poisonous gas that smells like new-mown hay; used in chemical warfare
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