Chemical weapons Flashcards
Types of chemical weapon (7)
Blood agents Choking agents incapacitating agents nerve agents riot control agents toxins vesicants
Describe CW vesicants
blistering agent, eye, skin and mucus membrane pain
Types of vesicant
sulphur mustard
nitrogen mustards
lewisite
phosgene
Describe CW Blood agents
primarily inhalation, but can be ingested
absorbed into the blood, affect electron transport chin in mitochondria
fast acting
highly volatile, colourless gas, faint odor
types of blood agent
hydrogen cyanide
cyanogen chloride
arsine
Describe CW choking agents
suffocate victim by fluid build up in the lungs
corrosive to eyes blur vision and burning
Types of choking agent
Cholrine gas phosgene diphosgnen chloropicrin acrolein
Describe CW nerve agents
inhibition of enzyme AchE
respiratory paralysis - diaphragm and brain stem
miosis due to ocular exposure
types of nerve agent
VX GA GB GD Novichok
Describe CW riot control agents
irritant incapacitating agents
types of riot control agents
mace,
CS
pepper spray
Describe CW incapacitating agents
provides temporary disabling conditions
