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adamsite

American

[ad-uhm-zahyt] / ˈæd əmˌzaɪt /

noun

Chemistry, Military.

a yellow irritant smoke, containing a poisonous form of arsenic and used as a harassing agent.

adamsite British

/ ˈædəmˌzaɪt /

noun

Also called: phenarsazine chloride. a yellow poisonous crystalline solid that readily sublimes; diphenylaminechlorarsine. It is used in chemical warfare as a vomiting agent. Formula: C 6 H 4 AsClNHC 6 H 4 ; relative density: 1.65; melting pt: 195°C; boiling pt: 410°C

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Etymology

Origin of adamsite

1920–25; named after R. Adams; -ite ¹

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And in Venezuelan riots in 2013, local police allegedly used old stocks of adamsite that were perhaps left over from US military aid delivered in the 1960s.

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