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Chemical Agents Flashcards

0
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Sarin (GB)

A

Nerve agent

No odor

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Tabun (GA)

A

Nerve agent

Fruity odor

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Soman (GD)

A

Nerve agent

Camphor, fruit odor

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3
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VX

A

Nerve agent

No odor

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4
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Nerve agents

A

Fruity odor

Tabun
Sarin
Soman
VX

Liquid nerve agents can have an onset of minutes to hours

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5
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Nitrogen mustard

A

Blister agent

Fishy musty odor

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6
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Sulfur mustard

A

Blister agent

Garlic, mustard odor

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7
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Lewisite

A

Blister agent

Odor of geraniums

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8
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Blister agents

A

Garlic

Mustard - symptoms don’t appear for several hours
Lewisite - immediate

Clear or yellow-brown

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9
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Hydrogen cyanide (HCN)
Plus precursors and isolation distance (chemical suicide)
A

Blood agent
Burnt almonds
Cyanide salts + acids
Isolate to 200’

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Cyanogen chloride (CK)

A

Blood agent

Burnt almonds

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11
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Blood agents

A

Burnt almonds

Hydrogen cyanide
Cyanogen chloride

Immediate onset

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12
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Phosgene

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Choking agent

Odor of musky hay (at 6 ppm)
- clear to pale yellow color

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Chlorine

A

Choking agent

Odor of bleach
- yellow green color

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14
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Choking agents

A

Chlorine or grass odor

Phosgene
Chlorine
Ammonia

Immediate onset

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15
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Chemical agent additional information

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All chemical agents except hydrogen cyanide are heavier than air.
All chemicals have immediate signs and symptom with the exception of mustards and phosgene, which may take hours.
Hydrogen cyanide is lighter than air.
Liquid nerve agents may have a delayed onset.

16
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Acrolein

A

Irritation to nose at less than 10ppm. Also eye irritant.

17
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Hydrogen chloride (HCL)

A

Colorless

Pungent odor, intensely irritating to eyes and respitory tract

18
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Nitrogen oxides

A

Reddish brown gas

Irritating to lungs, but not irritation to eyes and nose is bearable, even when breathing in lethal dose.

19
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Formaldehyde

A

Irritating, with a suffocating effect

20
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Acetaldehyde

A

Fruity odor

Ingestion similar to alcohol intoxication

21
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Hydrogen fluoride

A

Rotten eggs

From electrical substations

22
Q

Sulfur hexaflourude

A

Odorless
Colorless
Electrical substations

23
Q

Hydrogen sulfide

Plus precursors and isolation distance (chemical suicide)

A

Poly sulfide + acids
Rotten eggs
Isolate to 100’

24
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Carbon monoxide

Plus precursors and isolation distance (chemical suicide)

A

Formic acid + sulfuric acids
Odorless
Isolate to 100’

25
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Phosphine gas

Plus precursors and isolation distance (chemical suicide)

A

Aluminum sulfide + water
Fish or garlic odor
Isolate to 300’

26
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Polyvinyl chloride

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