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- From: mppd5@syma.sussex.ac.uk (John Coley)
- Subject: Re: Lewisite and Lyddite (was: Re: W.W. I chemical munitions dump
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:51:01 GMT
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- From mppd5@syma.sussex.ac.uk (John Coley)
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- Iskandar Taib (ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu) wrote:
- : What was Lyddite, and why did it stain everything (including splashes)
- : green?
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- Lyddite was (is) picric acid,( bright yellow solid). I thought
- it stained things yellow. The workers in Lyddite production plants were
- nicknamed canaries because of the staining.
- Hope thats helpful.
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- John Coley
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