The Gamma Gas in the Film Thunder Ball

One of the scenes in thunder ball mentions what they call a gamma gas. It's oddly specific in its use, but is this meant to be? Or is this just something that was maybe made up for the jimpond world? And the gamma gas that's used there is a moment. It's used a couple of times n the film, and the first time it's used is kind of a a test run. However, watching this back recently, this film was made in, what, 19 65, something like that,. So perhaps in the film, before we see this guy being sprayed with agama gas, maybe there was something on a hotel towel that he wiped his face with