Chemical Agents Flashcards
Sarin (GB)
Nerve agent
No odor
Tabun (GA)
Nerve agent
Fruity odor
Soman (GD)
Nerve agent
Camphor, fruit odor
VX
Nerve agent
No odor
Nerve agents
Fruity odor
Tabun
Sarin
Soman
VX
Liquid nerve agents can have an onset of minutes to hours
Nitrogen mustard
Blister agent
Fishy musty odor
Sulfur mustard
Blister agent
Garlic, mustard odor
Lewisite
Blister agent
Odor of geraniums
Blister agents
Garlic
Mustard - symptoms don’t appear for several hours
Lewisite - immediate
Clear or yellow-brown
Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) Plus precursors and isolation distance (chemical suicide)
Blood agent
Burnt almonds
Cyanide salts + acids
Isolate to 200’
Cyanogen chloride (CK)
Blood agent
Burnt almonds
Blood agents
Burnt almonds
Hydrogen cyanide
Cyanogen chloride
Immediate onset
Phosgene
Choking agent
Odor of musky hay (at 6 ppm)
- clear to pale yellow color
Chlorine
Choking agent
Odor of bleach
- yellow green color
Choking agents
Chlorine or grass odor
Phosgene
Chlorine
Ammonia
Immediate onset