Lung irritant gases

All the lung irritant gases can readily cause death. Only a partial hst of a few selected pulmonary toxicants is presented. 

The acute lung irritant gases. In History of the Great War. Vol 2. London, England H. M. Statistical Office 1923 621. 

Haldane JS (1919). Lung-irritant gas poisoning and its sequelae. J R Army Med Coll, 33, 494—507. 

Sulfur dioxide is a colorless, poisonous corrosive gas. It causes coughing and nose, throat and lung irritation, even in small quantities. A primary consequence of releasing S02 into the air is the production of acid rain ... 

In use, a moderately delayed-action casualty gas. A blister gas , toxic lung irritant and systemic poison. It produces immediate and strong stinging sensation of the skin Refs 1) Anon, OrdTechTerm (June 1962),... 

Ozone is a highly irritating gas that reduces the lung capability of healthy people in concentrations as low as 0.12 ppm. Older photocopy machines could generate ozone gas and they were often placed in closed rooms with little air circulation. Calculate the volume of ozone gas that would result in a concentration of 0.12 ppm in a room with dimensions of 5.0 m x 4.0 m x 3.0 m. 

Properties Colorless gas, odor of musty hay. Vapor density 3.4. B. P. 8°. More inert and much more toxic than chlorine gas. In contact with water it decomposes into hydrochloric acid and carbon dioxide. Very powerful lung irritant causes collapse and heart failure. 

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