Editing Nitrogen trichloride (section)

==Safety==
Nitrogen trichloride can irritate mucous {{nowrap|membranes{{hsp}}{{mdash}}{{hsp}}}}it is a [[lachrymatory agent]], but has never been used as such.<ref>{{cite book | author = White, G. C. | title = The Handbook of Chlorination and Alternative Disinfectants | edition = 4th | publisher = Wiley | year = 1999 | isbn = 978-0-471-29207-4 | page = 322}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | id = HETA 2007-0163-3062 | title = Health Hazard Evaluation Report: Investigation of Employee Symptoms at an Indoor Water Park |date=August 2008 | journal = NIOSH ENews | volume = 6 | issue = 4 | url = https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/2007-0163-3062.pdf}}</ref> The compound (rarely encountered) is a dangerous explosive, being sensitive to light, heat, even moderate shock, and organic compounds. [[Pierre Louis Dulong]] first prepared it in 1812, and lost several fingers and an eye in two explosions.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Thénard J. L. |author2=Berthollet C. L. |author-link2=Claude Louis Berthollet | title = Report on the work of Pierre Louis Dulong | journal = [[Annales de Chimie et de Physique]] | year = 1813 | volume = 86 | issue = 6 | pages = 37&ndash;43 |author-link=Louis Jacques Thénard}}</ref> In 1813, an {{chem2|NCl3}} explosion blinded Sir [[Humphry Davy]] temporarily, inducing him to hire [[Michael Faraday]] as a co-worker. They were both injured in another {{chem2|NCl3}} explosion shortly thereafter.<ref name="Thomas1991">{{cite book|author=Thomas, J.M.|title=Michael Faraday and The Royal Institution: The Genius of Man and Place (PBK)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GN70U1tTe_EC&pg=PA17|year= 1991|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-7503-0145-9|page=17}}</ref>