Earlier, the Russian side said that in order to prevent the Rapid Advance of the Russian Army in Kiev, the Ukrainian side used phosphorus bombs.
Whether it's true or not, we don't know. So why talk about phosphorus bombs? Just because phosphorus bombs are banned by the United Nations, if they are used, they have a moral advantage.
So what is a phosphorus bomb?
Phosphorus is a kind of element, there are several allotropes in nature, common ones are: white phosphorus, red phosphorus, black phosphorus, purple phosphorus and so on. What we call yellow phosphorus is white phosphorus containing impurities.
Phosphorus bombs are bombs that are filled with phosphorus in the body of the projectile. Phosphorus bombs belong to incendiary weapons, and what we usually call phosphorus bombs mainly refers to white phosphorus bombs, which are most used on the battlefield.
There are also red phosphorus bombs, which are generally used as signal flares because red phosphorus does not spontaneously combust in the air.
Why is it disabled? How terrifying is the white phosphorus bomb banned by humans?
The chemical properties of white phosphorus are extremely reactive, its flash point is only 34 ° C, if exposed to air, it is easy to spontaneous combustion. In order to prevent spontaneous combustion, the white phosphorus in the laboratory must be stored in glass bottles filled with water to serve as a cooling and air isolation. In addition to being prone to spontaneous combustion, white phosphorus also contains high toxicity, and an adult who swallows 0.06 grams of white phosphorus is enough to be fatal.
Based on the characteristics of white phosphorus, it can be used to make smoke bombs and incendiary bombs.
After the white phosphorus bomb explodes and burns in the high air, it will rain a cloud-like fire rain, causing the area to produce thousands of degrees of heat, and even the steel can melt.
Because of its low ignition point, white phosphorus is extremely easy to burn, and it is difficult to extinguish it unless it is burned out. This scene may be a realistic version of Amaterasu in Naruto.
If you are hit by this kind of fire rain, unless you immediately jump into the pool, your clothes will be burned, and even the skin and flesh of your body will be burned through, and this injury will penetrate deep into your muscles and bones, and you will die alive in pain.
The temperature in the human body is about 37 ° C, the white phosphorus ignition point is 34 ° C, and those unburned white phosphorus powders may even spontaneously combust in the body if they are inhaled into the human body. When treating a wound, those white phosphorus that invade the soft tissues are in contact with the air, which is likely to cause secondary injury.
Coupled with the fact that white phosphorus itself is toxic, inhalation is also very dangerous. Moreover, after the white phosphorus is burned, it will also produce white smoke-like phosphorus pentoxide. Do not underestimate it, phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) is an acidic oxide, not only toxic but also strong corrosive, must not be directly touched or eaten by hand, nor can it be directly smelled. Because phosphorus pentoxide can be dissolved in water, a large amount of heat is released in the process and phosphoric acid is generated, which can burn and corrode. If it were sucked into the human body like white phosphorus, the situation would only get worse.
In fact, whether it is a white phosphorus incendiary bomb or a white phosphorus smoke bomb, they are all full of biological and chemical weapons. War drives people crazy! It is precisely because the white phosphorus bomb is too inhumane, the way of killing is too cruel, it is difficult to treat, and it makes people die of pain, so it will be banned by humans.
However, this is only based on the good wishes of human consensus. War is inherently cruel, and in order to gain advantage and victory, there will always be people who break through the lower limit to use white phosphorus bombs. For example, the beautiful country, known as the beacon of freedom, used white phosphorus bombs not only in the Vietnam War of the last century, but also in Syria in previous years.
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