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The gas leaked from a storage tank of the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal gas tragedy was :

Options

  1. AAmmonia
  2. BPhosgene
  3. CMethyl isocyanate
  4. DMethylamine

Correct answer

C. Methyl isocyanate

Step-by-step solution

Methyl isocyanate (M.I.C.) CH 3 - N = C = O

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