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Show Tho Molt t tnliMtc luli-tance. f rvx I nnnV llt ) The moil unstable ccniioun I known to chemistry, and therefore tho tuo.t exploiltesutslaticeso fur dlioovered, Is chloride o' nltrogeti, which probably consists of three i aits of chlorine united with one of nitrogen. Its terrible ter-rible explosive charactir, which has so far irevented Its accurate anal) its, Ib due to tbo fact that It is a csmbluatlon of one of the most acttva with one of the most luort elements In natuie. It la a volatile liquid of bmwul.lt lolorand ungtt tastu discovered ly tho I- rench chiinlst Duloug, who lost au lyoaud three flugirs In thoopora-tlon. thoopora-tlon. 1 araday and Dav) experlinentod on It u few )eara after Its discovery, irulectlng thimselves with glass masks, which wero In turn shsttoro 1 1 y explosions of mlnulu quantities of tho daui-irous ooniiaund. I arsday was stunned by the dlslritegratlonot n few dro a w lilch ho merely touched with a 1 let e of warm ct merit. 1 hero Is but little danger of chtorl le of nitrogen evir lolug usst for ur posts of deliberate tlotructlou, as lis I reirstlon on a large scale Is ptactl-tally ptactl-tally lmisilb!o. Us explosive force Is not known, for the rvtuon that any attemtt to determine it wouli proba hlyirove fatal lo Iho exinlmentrrs According to some ntithurltits, the more recently dlicoeerod comio ind of h)drrgen and nitrogen, known as azolmido, tteviti more explolu than chloride of nitrogen, but this substance Is itlll ton 1 1 icuro for a decisive Judgment Judg-ment to cc formed ou tlio subject, v |
