chlorpicrin
Americannoun
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It was difficult to guard against chlorpicrin in the War because none of the chemicals except charcoal in the gas-mask canister would remove it from the entering air.
From Time Magazine Archive
The poison gases: mustard, lewisite, ethyldichlorarsine, chlorpicrin, diphosgene, phosgene and chlorine.
From Time Magazine Archive
The compound manufactured in largest amount in America was chlorpicrin.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
A violent reaction is set up and the chlorpicrin distils over, generally without the necessity for any external heating.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
Tremendous tonnages of bleach were involved in the manufacture of chlorpicrin and for use as an antidote against mustard gas on the front.
From The Riddle of the Rhine; chemical strategy in peace and war by Victor Lefebure
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