Question

Name the gas released during the Bhopal tragedy in 1984.

Answer 1

The gas released during the Bhopal tragedy:

• The well-known toxic and deadly gas released during the Bhopal tragedy in 1984 is named as Methyl isocyanate(MIC).
• The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy is known as the disaster caused due to the leakage of gases on the 2nd and 3rd December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plants in Bhopal.
• During this incident, the highly toxic substance i.e Methyl isocyanate(MIC) gets released into the air harming the whole towns and areas located near the plant.
• In this disaster, the chemical process has taken place in a Bhopal plant between Methylamine and phosgene producing Methyl isocyanate (MIC), which after emission reacted with 1-naphthol forming Carbaryl which is known as a highly toxic substance, for which the reaction can be given as :

• Due to the emission of the toxic gas, this incident had caused a huge loss of human life and cattle.

Hence, Name of the gas released during the Bhopal tragedy in 1984 is Methyl isocyanate(MIC).