Hydrogen Cyanide is one of the many chemicals found
in cigarettes. |
(Other chemicals found in cigarettes are
listed on the left:_Click
on these for further information about each.) |
Hydrogen Cyanide is a chemical
(formula HCN).
Pure hydrogen
cyanide is a colorless, highly poisonous, and volatile
liquid that boils slightly above room temperature at 26 °C,
becoming hydrogen cyanide gas. A solution of hydrogen
cyanide dissolved in water is called hydrocyanic acid or prussic acid.
A concentration of only 300 parts of Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) per
million of air can a person within a few minutes. The toxicity
is caused
by
the
cyanide
ion.
Hydrogen cyanide (under the brand name Zyklon B)
was used by the Nazi regime in 1940s Germany
as a method of mass-execution in the gas chambers of concentration camps
in Germany and occupied countries. It is now listed
under schedule 3 of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Note that the list of chemicals included
in this section (see the list on the left) is not a complete list of
all the substances found in cigarettes, cigars, and other tobacco products. |
This section includes some of the chemicals
found in cigarettes (listed on the left-hand side of this page).
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