Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ADAMSITE
ADAMSITE
Definitions of ADAMSITE
- An organic compound, diphenylaminechlorarsine, used as a riot-control agent.
- (US politics, historical) A supporter of John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), American statesman who served as the sixth president of the United States from 1825 to 1829.
Number of letters
8
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using ADAMSITE in a Sentence
- Adamsite or DM is an organic compound; technically, an arsenical diphenylaminechlorarsine, that can be used as a riot control agent.
- Chemical weapons known to have been stockpiled included mustard gas, phosgene, lewisite, adamsite and CN gas.
- The substances tried included arsenic oil, hydrogen cyanide, mustard gas (Lost), Tabun, Sarin, cyanogen chloride, phenacyl chloride, Adamsite, Aeroform, Excelsior (10-chlor-9,10-dihydroacridarsin) and many others.
- As many as 65,000 tons of chemical warfare agents may have been dumped in the Baltic Sea alone; agents dumped in that sea included mustard gas, phosgene, lewisite (β-chlorovinyldichloroarsine), adamsite (diphenylaminechloroarsine), Clark I (diphenylchloroarsine) and Clark II (diphenylcyanoarsine).
- Several were developed as chemical warfare agents during World War I, including vesicants such as lewisite and vomiting agents such as adamsite.
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