To: KarlInOhio
“It works by combining with water in your lungs and forming hydrochloric acid which damages lung tissue.”
Kind of like the gas chamber?
27 posted on
08/30/2007 9:45:43 AM PDT by
poobear
(Pure democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for dinner. God save the Republic!)
To: poobear
Kind of like the gas chamber? Gas chambers usually use hydrogen cyanide, which screws up the ability of cells to metabolize. Phosgene causes physical damage to the lungs so the victim suffocates.
(I'm probably going to end up on some Homeland Security list for this. My knowlege comes from reading a long article on chemical warfare in a wargaming magazine plus quick use of the web. Honest.)
50 posted on
08/30/2007 9:59:05 AM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(May the heirs of Charles Martel and Jan Sobieski rise up again to defend Europe.)
To: poobear
Kind of like the gas chamber?IIRC, chemical tablets are dropped into acid to generate hydrogen cyanide gas...
Mark
200 posted on
08/30/2007 6:53:07 PM PDT by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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