pepper spray
Sign in to saveAlso known as OC spray, capsicum spray, pepper gas
non-lethal chemical weapon
Key facts
- Heat
- Exceptionally hot
- Scoville scale
- 1,250,000 SHU
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- non-lethal weapon
- Subclass of
- tear gas
- Material used
- capsaicin
- Image
- WTO protests in Seattle November 30 1999.jpg
- Has use
- self-defense
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- Commons category
- Pepper sprays
- used by
- police
- has effect
- inflammation
- contributing factor of
- positional asphyxia
- facet of
- chemical weapon
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Encyclopedic overview
A U.S. Marine being subjected to pepper spray
Pulmonary/choking
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