The first gases to be used on a large scale in WWI, choking gases, like chlorine, dissolved any mucous membranes they encountered. Inhaling a pulmonary agent would often result in the dissolution of the lungs, preventing the victim from breathing.
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Chlorine
Chlorine was the first gas used in WW1. Chlorine and the other choking gases, dissolved mucous membranes in the lungs, preventing breathing. However, since Chlorine was soluble in water, soldiers were able to easily avoid inhaling chlorine gas by breathing through urine-soaked handkerchiefs; Chlorine dissolved in the water and reacted with Urea in Urine.
Chlorine was the first gas used in WW1. Chlorine and the other choking gases, dissolved mucous membranes in the lungs, preventing breathing. However, since Chlorine was soluble in water, soldiers were able to easily avoid inhaling chlorine gas by breathing through urine-soaked handkerchiefs; Chlorine dissolved in the water and reacted with Urea in Urine.
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Phosgene
Phosgene solved many of the problems of Chlorine, being insoluble in water, easier to transport and at least 27 times more effective.
Phosgene solved many of the problems of Chlorine, being insoluble in water, easier to transport and at least 27 times more effective.
Other chemicals deployed included: Diphosgene, Chloropicrin, Chloromethyl Chloroformate and Stannic Chloride.