MUSTARD GAS IN CHEMICAL WARFARE

BACKGROUND

• Mustard gas is a compound
• Formula of C4H8Cl2S
• Mustard gas is an Ionic Bond

HISTORY

• Sulfur mustard was found by Caesar-Mansuete Desperetez in the early 1820's
• Albert Friedrich Emil Niemann, was the first to depicted toxic properties of mustard gas

HISTORY CONTINUED

• The substance was originally used as a way to treat psoriasis
• Sulfur is best know in its use in world 1 as a way to remove enemy troops from trenches

CHEMISTRY

• Sulfur mustard can be found in gas, liquid and solid form.
• In warfare it is used as a gas

CHEMISTRY CONTINUED

• Other properties include
• Density g/cm³ at 25 °C 1.27 Boiling-point °C 217 Melting-point °C 14

EFFECTS

• Mustard gas is non-fatal majority of the time
• When exposed to mustard gas, the gas will attack your DNA and destroy it
• Also blisters and burns will appear. Such as in the picture

TREATMENT

• There is no cure to mustard gas exposer
• The best thing to do in go into water to reduce the effect due to its ionic bond.

EFFECT ON SOCIETY

• Mustard gas had a huge effect on society
• In world war 1 it either caused or help lead soldiers to their deaths.
• Or it caused the soldiers to become unrecognizable.

EFFECT ON SOCIETY CONTINUED

• Next it lead to the death of men in the Iraq- Iran war
• Also it help lead to the Geneva conventions prohibiting the use of chemical weapons.

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