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afterdamp::noun | Spocien Dictionary

afterdamp
noun
/'æftər,dæmp/
a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine
Type Words
Type of gas

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The toxic mixtures of gases found in mines included afterdamp, blackdamp and whitedamp.
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He identified carbon monoxide as the lethal constituent of afterdamp, the gas created by combustion, after examining many bodies of miners killed in pit explosions.
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