hydrogen chloride
noun
: a colorless pungent poisonous gas HCl that fumes in moist air and yields hydrochloric acid when dissolved in water
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Tests did not find vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride in any homes.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
But that was already made clear when the EPA advised officials on scene that phosgene — which was used as a chemical weapon in World War I — and hydrogen chloride would likely be created when vinyl chloride is burned and warned the public about that possibility.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
About 100 homes with detections of VOCs also had additional sampling but only for vinyl chloride or one of its breakdown products, hydrogen chloride.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
Burning vinyl chloride creates the toxic gas phosgene and hydrogen chloride.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
Of those, the vinyl chloride gas that caught fire could break down into compounds including hydrogen chloride and phosgene, a chemical weapon used during World War I as a choking agent, according to the EPA and the CDC.
—Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
As of Friday night, 105 homes had been screened and no vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride was detected in any of them, Bassler said.
—Andrea Salcedo and Justine McDaniel, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2023
The incident comes a little more than a week after a train derailment in Ohio caused a chemical fire and forced evacuations as hazmat teams burned five tankers filled with vinyl chloride, sending hydrogen chloride and the toxic gas phosgene into the air.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
The plant’s coal units were retired in June 2018 under a settlement agreement with the Maryland Department of the Environment, which said the facility was not properly testing its emissions and exceeded limits for particulate matter, hydrogen chloride and carbon monoxide.
—Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 4 Oct. 2021
Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
But that was already made clear when the EPA advised officials on scene that phosgene — which was used as a chemical weapon in World War I — and hydrogen chloride would likely be created when vinyl chloride is burned and warned the public about that possibility.
—Josh Funk, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
About 100 homes with detections of VOCs also had additional sampling but only for vinyl chloride or one of its breakdown products, hydrogen chloride.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
Burning vinyl chloride creates the toxic gas phosgene and hydrogen chloride.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
Of those, the vinyl chloride gas that caught fire could break down into compounds including hydrogen chloride and phosgene, a chemical weapon used during World War I as a choking agent, according to the EPA and the CDC.
—Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
As of Friday night, 105 homes had been screened and no vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride was detected in any of them, Bassler said.
—Andrea Salcedo and Justine McDaniel, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2023
The incident comes a little more than a week after a train derailment in Ohio caused a chemical fire and forced evacuations as hazmat teams burned five tankers filled with vinyl chloride, sending hydrogen chloride and the toxic gas phosgene into the air.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
The plant’s coal units were retired in June 2018 under a settlement agreement with the Maryland Department of the Environment, which said the facility was not properly testing its emissions and exceeded limits for particulate matter, hydrogen chloride and carbon monoxide.
—Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 4 Oct. 2021
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“Hydrogen chloride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrogen%20chloride. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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