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The Aftermath
By: Caesar Michel
As you can see in the image above, the deep blue stains are
from Zyklon-b that was used during world war two. The victims
where forced into the air-tight gas chamber, the Zyklon pellets
were then dumped into the chambers from openings in the ceiling.
As the victims where inside the gasc hamber the pellets would
react with air and start to vaporize, this then would cut
off the oxygen supply to the cells of victims. The poison
could enter the body of the victims in three ways: through
the mouth the respiratory organs, or the pores of the skin.
After a while of time victims would die inside these chamber.
Many of the empty containers from zyklon-b pellets where left
on the concentration camps.
1 APA citation: ----------(--/--/--). Holocaust Timeline.
Retrieved February 8, 2008, from The History PlaceWeb site:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-zyklon.htm
.: The Background
By: Caesar Michel
Zyklon b was developed by fritz Haber, around 1919. Zyklon
B was created by combining hydro acid with a sweet-smelling,
nontoxic irritant; both were absorbed in a porous powder.
Once Zyklon b reacts with oxygen it starts to evaporate and
creates this toxic gas, the gas can enter the body in three
different ways: through the mouth the respiratory organs,
or the pores of the skin. After a while victims would die
from the gas. Zyklon b was used during ww2 in gas chambers,
victims deemed too weak to be good workers in the camp were
sent to these gas chambers. The Nazis used zyklon b for mass
extermination of Jews and other prisoners.
1APA Citation: Karl Popper. (--/--/--). The amoral scientist
– Notes on the life of Fritz Haber. Retrieved February
8, 2008, from http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/oct25/articles35.htm
.: Weapons Classification
By: Joana Juarez
Hydrogen Cyanide can be found in second hand smoking in
the cigarette smoke. Hydrogen Cyanide is a colorless and poisonous
gas. Hydrogen Cyanide is also a toxic byproduct that is in
cigarette smoke. When Hydrogen Cyanide is at room temperature
it is a colorless liquid. In World War II Hydrogen Cyanide
was used by the Germans, it was used as a genocidal agent
during World War II and it was called “Zyklon B.”
Cyanide can be in contact with someone by breathing air, drinking
water, eating food or touching soil that contains the chemical.
People who do not work in industries in which cyanide is used,
smoking cigarettes is one of the major sources of cyanide
exposure.
Sources:
Terry Martin. 2008. Hydrogen Cyanide in Cigarette Smoke http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/nicotineinhaler/a/cyanide.htm
(accessed February 10, 2008).
.: Chemical
Properties
By: Eric Watts
Chemical Properties: Hydrogen Cyanide is a very simple molecule,
It contains Nitrogen, Hydrogen, and Carbon= HCN. It was used
and deployed as Zyklon B, Which consisted of Hydrogen Cyanide,
a stabilizer to keep it from becoming a toxic gas prior to
opening the canister. There was also originally a warning
odorant that had a bitter almond scent that was removed for
use in the gas chambers. Hydrogen Cyanide is created through
the chemical process CH4 + NH3 + 1.5O2= HCN + 3H2O. Hydrogen
Cyanide affects the body by stopping cellular respiration
causing metabolic asphyxiation. This is specifically harmful
to organs that use plentiful amounts of oxygen, for example
the heart and brain. A subject affected by acute Hydrogen
Cyanide poisoning may exhibit the following symptoms: weakness,
headache, confusion, vertigo, fatigue, anxiety, dyspnea, and
occasionally nausea and vomiting. It extremely high concentrations
collapse is almost instantaneous, unconsciousness often with
convulsions. Death follows these symptoms almost immediately.
It prevents tissue utilization of oxygen by stopping the tissue
enzyme cytochrome oxidase. Shown C6H12O+ 6O2= 6CO2+6H2O.
1http://www.deathcamps.org/gas_chambers/gas_chambers_auschwitz.html
2http://www.auschwitz.dk/Auschwitz.htm
.: Deployment Information
By: Eric Watts
Deployment Information: Zyklon B was used in World War 2 through
gas chambers. The most prominent use and initial use was at
Auschwitz, a concentration camp. It was used to kill the weaker
specimens of the camp that were unable to perform labor. They
were put a few hundred to a chamber, which had an airtight
door and thick concrete walls. There was a small hatch in
the roof of the chamber which the soldiers dropped the contents
of a Zyklon B canister. The gas was put in at high concentrations,
enough to kill within moments. It was a very painful death,
as it stops cellular respiration and causes the decay of ones
internal organs. The two major hazards of Hydrogen Cyanide
is its toxicity and in high concentrations it’s extremely
flammable.
nn 1 “U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety
& Health Administration” http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/healthguidelines/hydrogencyanide/recognition.html
(accessed 2/13/08
2 http://www.deathcamps.org/gas_chambers/gas_chambers_auschwitz.html
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