https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre World War 1 Assignment en-us 2017-10-05 22:12:52 UTC 2026-01-30 09:36:45 UTC hello@padlet.com sneha_mahendran https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194519954 In 1914 when world war o, Fritz Haber, a talented chemist offered his service to the German army. He began to experiment using chlorine gas, so it could be used in the trench warfare. 
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]]> 2017-10-05 22:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194519954 sneha_mahendran https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194520806 Chlorine gas was first used in April 1915, 150 tons of  lethal chlorine gas was used by German forces against the French army at Ypres. 
Germans introduce poison gas. (n.d.). Retrieved October 08, 2017, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-introduce-poison-gas]]> 2017-10-05 22:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194520806 sneha_mahendran https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194523800 After the first German chlorine gas attack, troops were supplied with masks of cotton pad that had to be soaked in urine. It was found that ammonia in the pad neutralizes chlorine. These pads were held over the face until the soldiers could escape from the poisonous gas. but as months went by gas masks were developed to protect against chlorine gas.  
(my notes from class)]]> 2017-10-05 22:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194523800 sneha_mahendran https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194529842 Chlorine gas is very reactive to humans. it irritates the eyes and skin. It even caused permanent lung damage to many soldiers. Many soldiers died within 48 hours. They dies in tragic suffer cation. They felt tingling sensation in their throat and burning in the lungs.
http://www.vlib.us/medical/gaswar/chlorine.htm]]> 2017-10-05 23:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194529842 sneha_mahendran https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194777353   The British responded with their own chlorine attacks in September 1915, during which a change in wind direction resulted in more than 2,000 British soldiers being gassed by their own chemicals.
Germans introduce poison gas. (n.d.). Retrieved October 08, 2017, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-introduce-poison-gas]]> 2017-10-06 17:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194777353 sneha_mahendran https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194818605 It was solved in 1916, when gas shells were created and used with heavy artillery increasing the range of the attack. 
(textbook)]]> 2017-10-06 18:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194818605 sneha_mahendran https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194835583 French soldiers were astonished. They witness yellow clouds with the smell of pineapple and pepper,slowly drifting towards trenches. they assumed that the Germans were using a smoke screen at first. 
(my notes from class)]]> 2017-10-06 19:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194835583 sneha_mahendran https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194840940 Doctors and nurses were unable to find a way of successfully treating chlorine gas. 
Fitzgerald, G. J. (2008, April). Chemical Warfare and Medical Response During World War I. Retrieved October 17, 2017, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376985]]> 2017-10-06 19:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194840940 sneha_mahendran https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194940156 Within minutes, the chlorine gas killed 1,000 soldiers and injuring about 4,000 others.
(textbook)]]> 2017-10-07 20:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194940156 sneha_mahendran https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194941845 After World War I some claimed that poison gas was a humane weapon, as it did not kill in the numbers that machine guns and artillery did, and there was fierce debate. However, poison gas, including chlorine gas, is now classified as a weapon of mass destruction and is banned. 
Fitzgerald, G. J. (2008, April). Chemical Warfare and Medical Response During World War I. Retrieved October 17, 2017, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376985]]> 2017-10-07 20:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/194941845 sneha_mahendran https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/195022485 2017-10-08 17:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/195022485 sneha_mahendran https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/195022609 2017-10-08 17:31:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sneha_mahendran/bq72upuoyzre/wish/195022609