单词 | phosgene |
释义 | phosgenen. Chemistry. A colourless poisonous gas, made by the reaction of chlorine and carbon monoxide in the presence of light or a catalyst, which has been used in chemical warfare (notably in the First World War (1914–18)) and as a reagent in chemical synthesis; carbonyl chloride, COCl2. Also phosgene gas. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > organic gases > [noun] > phosgene phosgene1812 carbonyl chloride1869 the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > chlorine > [noun] > compounds > miscellaneous others phosgene1812 dichloride1825 chlorine1832 oxychloride1840 chemic1843 chromyl chloride1869 auro-chloride1875 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous gas > used in war mustard gas1917 yperite1917 phosgene1918 war gas1934 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > fire, radiation, or chemical weapons > [noun] > gas poison gas1816 gas1897 mustard gas1917 tear-gas1917 yperite1917 mustard1918 phosgene1918 riot gas1930 war gas1934 nausea gas1936 nerve gas1940 tear-smoke1946 Sarin1951 Soman1951 pepper gas1968 stun gas1968 pepper spray1986 1812 J. Davy in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 102 151 It will be necessary to designate it by some simple name. I venture to propose that of phosgene, or phosgene gas; from ϕως, light, and γινομαι, to produce, which signifies formed by light. 1882 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 4 175 (heading) Reaction of phosgen on diazo-amido compounds. 1918 M. Plowman Right to Live 3 They have been poisoned with phosgene. 1938 Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 144/1 Phosgene has a faint smell of musty hay; and it tends to work its way down into cellars and ‘dug-outs’. 1986 Internat. Jrnl. Radiation Applic. & Instrumentation B. 13 101 Hydrocyanic acid, methyl iodide, formaldehyde and phosgen all labeled with carbon 11 can now be made automatically with high yields within a few minutes. 1996 M. Perutz in N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 June 35 The Austrians owed their breakthrough to an attack on the unprotected Italians with a mixture of chlorine and phosgene gas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1812 |
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