Mustard gas
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- Mustard gas is the common name given to 1,1-thiobis(2-chloroethane), a chemical warfare agent that is believed to have first been used near Ypres in Flanders on 12th July 1917.
- How difficult is it to make mustard gas? Making mustard gas is easier than making nerve gases but harder than “weaponizing” industrial chemicals such as chlorine, experts say.
- (Story continues below) ADVERTISEMENTS Advertise Here Experts say making mustard gas is easier than makingnerve gases (search)but harder than weaponizing industrial chemicals such as chlorine.
- 505-60-2 Known to be a human carcinogen First Listed in the First Annual Report on Carcinogens (1980) Carcinogenicity Mustard gas is known to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in humans.
- Chemically, mustard gas is a thioether, 2,2-dichlorodiethyl sulfide, (ClCH2CH2)2S.
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