smells Flashcards
Phosgene coc12
Phosgene is tasteless and orderless at first but at 6 ppm it has a musty hey smell. If the concentration reaches 25 ppm phisgene is deadly
Hydrogen chloride (HCL)
Is colorless but has a Pungent odor and is intensely irritating not going to your eyes but also to your respiratory track which may swell enough to suffocate you.
Nitrogen oxides
Nitrogen dioxide has a reddish-brown gas, irritates your lungs and enough of it can cause and edema which can suffocate you may not come for several hours
Formaldehyde
Produced by the burning of such things as wallpaper and lacquered wallcoverings. It is intensely irritating, and also has a suffocating affect.
Acetaldehyde
Less irritating them formaldehyde but it depresses the central nervous system more strongly. It’s fruity order may be masked by other orders present. Ingestion has affect some more to ask alcohol
Carbon monoxide to
Tasteless, odorless, colorless. Produced by the incomplete combustion of many common materials including wooden paper. Eventually seriously affects the brain as well as other tissues. If the process is not reversed deathfollows
Hydrogen cyanide
Produced when rubber and paper are burned, also used frequently in carpets namely wool, nylon, and a Acrilan. Hydrogen cyanide is a gas that is colorless but has a noticeable almond order. It causes one to gasp in breathing, introduces muscle spasms, and speeds up the heart rate. A concentrate as low as 270 ppm is fatal