Difference between revisions of "Mustard gas"

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-'''Mustard gas''' is a [[Poison gas]] that was first used in [[World War I]]. Nearly odorless, though yellow, it caused both internal and external bleeding, and killed over 4000 [[British]] soldiers alone in that war, <ref>http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWmustard.htm</ref> and wounded a great number more. Total casualties from all countries total over 100,000. <ref>http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/gas.htm</ref> [[Adolf Hitler]], who fought for [[Germany]] in this war, was a victim of mustard gas<ref>http://www.inchem.org/documents/pims/chemical/mustardg.htm</ref>, and some have speculated that the great pain that he experienced led him not to use it as a weapon in [[World War II]].  Its chemical formula is C4H8Cl2S.
-==see also==
-*[[Poison gas]]
-==References==
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-==External Links==
-*http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/sulfurmustard/basics/facts.asp - Center for Disease control
-[[Category:Chemical Compounds]]
-[[Category:War]]

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