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Chlorine was used as a chief chemical weapon in World War I due to its?


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Poisonous nature

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Sparse solubility

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Greenish yellow colour

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Easy liquefaction

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Solution

The correct option is A

Poisonous nature


Chlorine was used as a chief chemical weapon in World War I because of its lethal poisonous nature. In this war, Germany used chlorine extensively leading to a horrendous and tremendous loss of human life.


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