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Victor Grignard Editing

Original:

During World War I he studied chemical warfare agents, particularly the manufacture of phosgene and the detection of mustard gas.

Revised, with source:

During World War I he studied chemical warfare agents with Georges Urbain at Sorbonne University, particularly the manufacture of phosgene and the detection of mustard gas.

Victor Grignard work from Chris's Sandbox:

In 1918, Grignard discovered that sodium iodide could be used as a battlefield test for mustard gas. Sodium iodide converts mustard gas to diiododiethyl sulfide, which crystallizes more easily than mustard gas. This test could detect as little as 0.01 gram of mustard gas in one cubic meter of air and was successfully used on the battlefield. Srmgvq (talk) 02:42, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

Military Service

-Grignard did not enlist in the army of his own free will, he was drafted for obligatory miltary service in 1892, rose to the rank of corporal, and was demobilized in 1894

-In 1912, Grignard was awarded the rank of Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur and was awarded a medal

-Grignard was drafted into World War I at corporal and was placed on sentry duty

-After refusing to take off his Médaille Légion d’Honneur despite being ordered to by his superior, the General Staff looked more into his backgrounds and decided to assign him to research into explosives, then to antidotes to chemical weapons, then eventually production of new chemical weapons