phosgene
/fos-jeen, foz-/US // ˈfɒs dʒin, ˈfɒz- //UK // (ˈfɒzdʒiːn) //
光气,光速
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Chemistry.
- : a poisonous, colorless, very volatile liquid or suffocating gas, COCl2, a chemical-warfare compound: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
Examples
In this bombardment he used a considerable number of shells containing phosgene gas.
This relief was considerably interrupted by a further lavish use of phosgene by the Germans.
Construction of the phosgene plant at Edgewood was begun on March 1, 1918.
England received 900 tons of our chlorpicrin and 368 tons of American phosgene.
In addition to this we shipped 18,600 Livens drums loaded with phosgene.
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