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Answer for the clue "A toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine ", 9 letters:
afterdamp

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Afterdamp is the toxic mixture of gases left in a mine following an explosion caused by firedamp , which itself can initiate a much larger explosion of coal dust . It consists of carbon dioxide , carbon monoxide and nitrogen . Hydrogen sulfide , another ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context mining English) Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide.

Usage examples of afterdamp.

You know, it is a product of combustion, and is very deadly --it is the much-dreaded white damp or afterdamp of a mine explosion.

They’d survived the major explosion, but the afterdamp, the gases, had killed them.