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Bleach breaks down to chlorine, which in turn reacts with ammonia to form chloramine. Mustard gas has sulfur and cannot be synthesized this way.
by mys_721tx 6y ago
Bleach breaks down to chlorine, which in turn reacts with ammonia to form chloramine. Mustard gas has sulfur and cannot be synthesized this way.
- AnotherGoodName 6y agoChlorine based bleach is just one of the things that has the label "Bleach" in your household cleaning aisle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach#Classes_of_bleaches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach#Classes_of_bleaches
- mys_721tx 6y agoThe only sulfur containing bleaches in that list are potassium persulfate and sodium hydrosulfite. Neither contains chlorine. Furthermore, the synthesis of mustard gas is non-trivial. Those two chemicals are not enough to put the sulfur on a carbon chain.