What is the strongest chemical on Earth?

Fluoroantimonic Acid - This can be the most powerful acid ever devised, apparently. It is a mixture of hydrogen fluoride and antimony pentafluoride.
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What is the most powerful chemical on Earth?

Azidoazide azide is the most explosive chemical compound ever created. It is part of a class of chemicals known as high-nitrogen energetic materials, and it gets its "bang" from the 14 nitrogen atoms that compose it in a loosely bound state. This material is both highly reactive and highly explosive.
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What is the deadliest man made chemical?

The 10 Most Dangerous Chemicals Known to Man
  • Azidoazide Azide.
  • Fluoroantimonic Acid. ...
  • Dimethylmercury. ...
  • Thioacetone. ...
  • Potassium Cyanide. ...
  • Batrachotoxin. ...
  • 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin. ...
  • Ethylene Glycol. It's highly likely that you have a bottle of this first chemical lying around somewhere in your garage. ...
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What are the top 5 toxic chemicals?

So here is a list of substances that are more poisonous than their LD50 values might indicate.
  • Botulinum toxins.
  • Snake toxins.
  • Arsenic.
  • Mercury.
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What is the world's deadliest poison?

1. Botulinum toxin. Scientists differ about the relative toxicities of substances, but they seem to agree that botulinum toxin, produced by anaerobic bacteria, is the most toxic substance known.
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Deadliest Chemicals In The World



What is the deadliest gas?

What is the most dangerous gas in the world?
  • Hydrogen sulfide - In high enough concentrations, inhaling this gas results in a coma and death.
  • Arsine - This gas attacks the hemoglobin in your red blood cells. ...
  • Chlorine - Inhalation of chlorine at concentrations in excess of 1000 ppm is usually fatal.
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What poison looks like sugar?

Cyanide is the usual abbreviated name for potassium cyanide – a potassium salt of hydrocyanic acid. The chemical formula of potassium cyanide is KCN. It resembles granulated sugar and dissolves in water just as well as sugar does.
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What chemicals are in cigarettes?

Some of the chemicals found in tobacco smoke include:
  • Nicotine (the addictive drug that produces the effects in the brain that people are looking for)
  • Hydrogen cyanide.
  • Formaldehyde.
  • Lead.
  • Arsenic.
  • Ammonia.
  • Radioactive elements, such as polonium-210 (see below)
  • Benzene.
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Is oxygen the most deadliest gas?

But surprisingly, amongst all the toxic, corrosive, and otherwise nasty gases that exist in industry, the most deadly of them all is the one we breathe in the most - nitrogen. Nitrogen (N2) is an inert and invisible gas that makes up about 78% (by volume) of the air we breathe.
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Where is cyanide found?

Cyanides can be produced by certain bacteria, fungi and algae. Cyanides are also found in cigarette smoke, in vehicle exhaust, and in foods such as spinach, bamboo shoots, almonds, lima beans, fruit pits and tapioca.
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What's the most powerful explosive?

Nitroglycerine, discovered in 1846, still remains the most powerful explosive in practical use. Many useful advances have been and are being made, but new explosives are merely new mixtures of old materials, given fancy names.
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Is there poop in cigarettes?

There may be some uncomfortable chuckling here, but the point is to make the viewer aware of two facts: methane, a chemical in dog poop, can be found in cigarette smoke; urea, a chemical in cat pee, is also used in cigarettes.
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Which is worse vape or smoking?

1: Vaping is less harmful than smoking, but it's still not safe. E-cigarettes heat nicotine (extracted from tobacco), flavorings and other chemicals to create an aerosol that you inhale. Regular tobacco cigarettes contain 7,000 chemicals, many of which are toxic.
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Is smoking a sin?

First, recognize that smoking is a sin that will keep you out of the Kingdom of God. Paul said, “For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God” (Ephesians 5:5).
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What do most poisons taste like?

Because poisons can kill quickly, their detection in food is paramount. And many poisons are bitter, a taste quality that evokes a classic rejection response. This rejection is assumed to be inborn and unlearned because it is apparent in human infants and in nonhuman primates.
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What does arsenic taste like?

Arsenic has no smell or taste, so you cannot tell if it is in your drinking water. The only way to find out if your well water has high levels of arsenic is to have it tested. HOW CAN ARSENIC AFFECT MY HEALTH? Health effects caused by arsenic depend on a variety of things.
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What happens if a dog eats rat poison?

Is rat poison harmful to dogs? Rat and mouse poisons, also known as rodenticides, are products formulated to kill rodents. The chemicals used in these products are often highly toxic to dogs and can cause internal bleeding, kidney failure, organ damage and even death if eaten by your dog.
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What gas smells like fresh cut grass?

Phosgene gas may appear colorless or as a white to pale yellow cloud. At low concentrations, it has a pleasant odor of newly mown hay or green corn, but its odor may not be noticed by all people exposed. At high concentrations, the odor may be strong and unpleasant.
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Is chlorine a poisonous gas?

Chlorine is an element used in industry and found in some household products. Chlorine is sometimes in the form of a poisonous gas. Chlorine gas can be pressurized and cooled to change it into a liquid so that it can be shipped and stored.
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Which gas is not poisonous?

Some examples of these gases include: helium. compressed air. carbon dioxide.
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Can you buy arsenic?

Toxic chemicals such as strychnine, arsenic and cyanide are freely available for sale on the internet, leading toxicologists have warned.
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What flower is poisonous to humans?

Nerium oleander the sweetly scented killer

The elegant Nerium oleander, the blossoms of which are crimson, magenta or creamy white, is one of the most toxic plants in the world. Every part of the plant, from its stem to its sap, is incredibly poisonous if ingested.
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