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Chemicals That Produce Large Amounts of Toxic Gas When Spilled in Water:
Acetyl chloride: HCl;
Chloroacetyl chloride: HCl;
Chromyl chloride: HCl;
Phosphorus trichloride: HCl
Phosphorus pentachloride: HCl;
Phosphorus oxychloride: HCl;
Titanium tetrachloride: HCl;
Aluminum chloride: HCl;
Chlorosulfonic acid: HCl;
Silicon tetrachloride: HCl;
CHLOROSILANES: HCl;
PHOSPHIDES: Phosphine;
Acetone cyanohydrin: HCN;
Potassium cyanide: HCN;
Sodium cyanide: HCN;
CYANIDES: HCN;
Phosphorus pentasulfide: H2S;
Sodium, Calcium & Zinc hydrosulfite: H2S, SO2;
Surfuryl chloride: HCl and SO3;
Thionyl chloride: HCl, SO2;
Chlorine dioxide: Chlorine;
Fluorosulfonic acid: HF;
Antimony pentafluoride: HF;
Iodine pentafluoride: HF;
Uranium hexafluoride: HF;
Bromine trifluoride and Bromine pentafluoride: HF and Bromine;
Boron tribromide: HBr;
Phosphorus pentabromide: HBr;
Acetyl bromide: HBr;
Aluminum bromide: HBr;
Lithium amide, Lithium nitride & Magnesium diamide: Ammonia;
Acetyl iodide: Hydrogen iodide;
Toxic gases include chlorine, hydrogen chloride (HCL), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), hydrogen sulfide (H2S), ammonia, phosphine, sulfur dioxide (SO2), sulfur trioxide (SO3), hydrogen fluoride (HF), hydrogen bromide (HBr), bromine, and hydrogen iodide. See http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg/gydebook.htm
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