The Sometimes Deadly Chlorine Chlorine is a yellowish-green poisonous gas with a very unpleasant and strong odor. (Appelman 516) It ranges from being used to kill in World War 1, to being used combined with sodium to make table salt. It can be a very dangerous element, but yet used for so many good things. Chlorine has a ton of history, multiple uses, and an interesting atomic structure. Chlorine combines with almost every single element, so it cannot be found in nature alone. It was first made by a Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1774. This happened when Scheele treated muriatic acid, or hydrochloric acid, with manganese dioxide. (Stwertka 69-70) Scheele mistakenly thought that it contained oxygen. The discovery was made in Uppsala, Sweden. Later in 1810, Sir Humphry Davy made the decision that Chlorine was in fact a chemical element. He gave it the name “Chlorine” from the Greek word “chloro” meaning greenish-yellow. (Appelman 516) Chlorine that can be found in nature is only found in compounds. It’s mainly found in chloride minerals, which is also known as sodium chloride or commonly known as salt. …show more content…
During the First World War in 1914 a chemist by the name of Fritz Haber worked for the German Army. He began his work by experimenting with Chlorine gas to be used in Trench Warfare. He first created chlorine gas cylinders to be used against the French Army at Ypres. The French soldiers right away noticed a distinctive smell of a mix of pineapples and pepper, as they saw yellow-green clouds creeping towards their trenches. The French Soldiers made the mistake of thinking that it was a smoke screen, but found out otherwise when everyone in the trench began to complain about terrible chest pains. As soon as they realised that they have been attacked with gas, most fled the area as fast as possible. The soldiers would cough, limiting the amount of gas they consumed but would still kill the
Chemical warfare has been brought up multiple times throughout history. One of the most significant times chemical weapons have been used was during World War I. World War I introduced chemical weaponry to an extreme extent and for harsh purposes. There was a convention created called the Hague Convention which “discussed the issue of using chemicals as weapons” (First). The people within this group foresaw the potential use of chemicals during war, and wanted to try and prevent people being killed by this harsh weapon. There was later a second Hague Convention which added even more restraints to chemical weapons to further deter the use of chemical weapons.
World War I. The Germans fired chlorine gas during World War
This massive weapon needed, 4-6 men to work. The machine gun had firepower of 100 guns. Chlorine gas was another deadly and painful weapon, it caused burning to the chest, and it caused a painful death. Mustard gas was a very cruel method of killing. It takes 12 hours to take effect.
but it was a first for many things like Chemical Warfare, and the first time that the U.S. Army was exposed to Chemical Warfare. During my research I discovered that a topic of World War I is such a broad topic I narrowed down the research to the battle of Ypres, a city in Belgium, which I will discuss later on. Discussion will focus on a declaration that was signed in 1899 that explains use of projectiles and chemicals, about one of the first place that chemical gasses were used during the war, and identify some of the types of gasses used and the effects it had on the troops down in the trenches on that particular day.
John Priestley and Carl Wilhelm Scheele discovered the element of oxygen. John Priestley was born in Birstall, United Kingdom, 1733, and grew up to be an English chemist who was very much involved in religion, politics, and science. Carl Wilhelm Scheele was born in Stralsund, Germany, in 1742. He was a German Swedish chemist who was a co-founder of chemistry. Each man independently discovered oxygen.
Roger Bacon, an English scholar was one of the first Europeans to study the powder.
Huynh, Anthony. “WW1-WW2 Technology.” Prezi.com, 18 Mar. 2014, prezi.com/vt9eoftbmzv1/ww1-ww2-technology. “This Month in Pharma: Discovery of Penicillin.”
So, it could be used for in production of clean nuclear fusion energy. Its surface is also expected to contain iron and magnesium silicates in high
Urea Wӧhler was trying to make ammonium cyanate, but discovered instead that the double displacement reaction that occurred produced urea. His discovery was purely accidental, but it answered some deep questions about science and chemistry that were hot topics at the time. Urea was known to have been created in biological processes, but had never been synthesised. It was amazing to discover that something produced from biology could be made by purely chemical means. This was an earth shattering finding to those who supported vitalism, a moment that believed that these two fields would not mix, and was the dawn of organic chemistry and our understanding of life as a complex electrochemical system.
Chemical warfare is involved in a lot of war battles, weapons and power. In the past few centuries there has been a lot of wars such as WWI and Nuclear Warfare. Thousands of people have died in the past centuries due to all of these big wars going on around the world. Governments have tried to put a stop to these wars but they are fighting for their right of freedom. Till this day there are still wars going on to get their right of freedom.
Poison or toxin was first discovered during ancient times by tribes and civilizations as a way to quicken the death of their prey. As time passed, these methods became more advanced. Weaponry was designed specifically for poison enhancement. In times like the Romans, poisons were used as assassination techniques. These facts have been proved through archaeological findings.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS Chemical weapon is a device that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm on human beings. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons states: “The term chemical weapon may also be applied to any toxic chemical or its precursor that can cause death, injury, temporary incapacitation or sensory irritation through its chemical action. Munitions or other delivery devices designed to deliver chemical weapons, whether filled or unfilled, are also considered weapons themselves.” Under the Chemical Weapons Convention (1993), there is a legally binding, world-wide ban on the production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and their precursors. Not with standing, large stockpiles there of continue to
The chemist that I decided to pick is Robert B . Woodward . He was born in Boston on April 10th , 1917 . He was the only child of Margaret Burns and Arthur Woodward . His father later on died when he was only thirty-three on October 1918 .
I find that Goethe wrote about it in a book called “The Metamorphosis of Plants“. I guess that how art is being made. Thanks for the inspiration Johann-Wolfgang. Now, how this mineral ended being named after you, it’s for someone else to tell… 07-15. Goethite
When the Allied forced had to defend themselves from chlorine gas attacks, they dug pits full of water and Na2S2O3 due to chlorine being a water-soluble chemical. Theoretically, chlorine gas should be absorbed by the solution (Krause, 2013). Petards were meant to lower the concentration of chlorine gas in the air around them to increase survival odds. Cotton masks, containing only Na2S2O3 at the beginning of the war, were designed more effectively by being soaked in a heated solution of Na2S2O3, glycerine, soda bicarbonate, and water. After extensive research the combination of chemicals was eventually switched to purely sodium Na2S2O3 and urine, as it had ammonia, due to their very effective chlorine neutralization properties (Krause,