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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Between April and December last year, the facility repeatedly exceeded its daily emissions limits for hydrogen chloride and carbon monoxide, according to the legal complaint filed Thursday in Baltimore City Circuit Court by the Maryland Department of the Environment.
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2024
That same month, another quality assurance test showed that the incinerator’s equipment wasn’t providing accurate readings for hydrogen chloride.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2024
Tests did not find vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride in any homes.
—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
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Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2024
That same month, another quality assurance test showed that the incinerator’s equipment wasn’t providing accurate readings for hydrogen chloride.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2024
Tests did not find vinyl chloride or hydrogen chloride in any homes.
—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
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“Hydrogen chloride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrogen%20chloride. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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