Chemical weapons Chemical weapons 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate (QNB), empirical formula C21 H23 N O3, full chemical name 1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl α-hydroxy-α-phenylbenzeneacetate, is an odorless military incapacitating agent. Its NATO code is BZ. The Iraqi incapacitating agent Agent 15 is believed either to be the same as or similar to BZ. ...more on Wikipedia about "3-quinuclidinyl benzilate"
In organic chemistry, acrolein or propenal is the simplest unsaturated aldehyde, and it has a chemical formula of CH2=CHCHO. CAS number is 107-02-8. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acrolein"
Adamsite or DM is an organic compound; technically, an arsenical diphenylaminechlorarsine, that can be used as a riot control agent. DM belongs to the group known as vomiting agents or sneeze gases. First synthesized in Germany, it was independently developed by the US chemist Roger Adams (for whom it is named) at the University of Illinois in 1918. DM was produced and stockpiled by the Americans at the end of World War I, but never deployed on the battlefield. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adamsite"
Area denial weapons are used to prevent an adversary from occupying or traversing an area of land. The most common are land mines of various types. ...more on Wikipedia about "Area denial weapons"
Binary Chemical Weapons are chemical weapons wherein the toxic agent is not contained within the weapon in its active state, but in the form of two chemical precursors, physically separated within the weapon. The precursors are designed to be significantly less toxic than the agent they make when mixed, and this allows the weapon to be transported and stored more safely than otherwise. The safety provided by binary chemical weapons is especially important for people who live near ammunition dumps. ...more on Wikipedia about "Binary chemical weapon"
A biodressing or bio-dressing is the generic word used when refering to the patented medical dressing, the WOUND DRESSING IMPERVIOUS TO CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. "(US PAT. NO 6,787,680)" ...more on Wikipedia about "Biodressing"
A blister agent (also known as a vesicant) is a chemical compound that causes severe skin, eye and mucosal pain and irritation. They are named for their ability to cause large, painful water blisters on the bodies of those affected. Athough these compounds have been employed on occasion for medical purposes, their most common use is as chemical warfare agents. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blister agent"
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A blood agent or cyanogen agent is a chemical compound, containing the cyanide group, that prevents the body from utilizing oxygen. The term "blood agent" is a misnomer, however, because these agents do not actually affect the blood in any way. Rather, they exert their toxic effect at the cellular level, by interrupting the electron transport chain in the inner membranes of mitochondria (see cyanide). The mechanism of action is nearly identical to that of carbon monoxide. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blood agent"
Botulin toxin, popularly sold under the brand name Botox®, is an exceptionally potent neurotoxin that has found a variety of remarkable uses in modern medicine. It is also the most popular nonsurgical medical cosmetic treatment in the UK and USA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Botulin toxin"
British anti-Lewisite, often referred to by its acronym BAL, is a compound developed by the British biochemists at Oxford University during World War II. It was developed secretly as an antidote for the arsenic-based chemical warfare agent Lewisite, effectively rendering it obsolete. Today, it is used medically in treatment of arsenic, mercury and lead, and other heavy metal poisoning. In addition, it is used for the treatment of Wilson's disease, a genetic disorder in which the body tends to retain copper. ...more on Wikipedia about "British anti-Lewisite"
Chloropicrin is a slightly oily, colorless faintly yellow liquid of the formula 3 2. Its freezing point is -69.2 °C and its boiling point is 112 °C, where it partially decomposes to phosgene and nitrosyl chloride. It is denser than water. It is more toxic than chlorine but less than phosgene. Its CAS number is . ...more on Wikipedia about "Chloropicrin"
Chlorosarin ( CAS number [1445-76-7]) is a chemical precursor used in the final step of one method for the production of the nerve agent Sarin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chlorosarin"
A cyanide is any chemical compound that contains the cyano group C≡N, with the carbon atom triple-bonded to the nitrogen atom. Inorganic cyanides contain the highly toxic cyanide ion CN-, and are the salts of the acid hydrogen cyanide ( HCN). Organic cyanides contain the cyano group single-bonded to another carbon atom, and are also known as nitriles. The cyano group is also known as the nitrile group. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cyanide"
Cyanogen chloride, also known as CK, is a highly toxic blood agent first proposed for use in warfare by the French. It is very fast-acting, and causes immediate injury upon contact with the eyes or respiratory organs. Symptoms of exposure are loss of consciousness, convulsions, paralysis, and death. It is especially toxic because it is capable of penetrating the filters in gas masks, according to U.S. analysts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cyanogen chloride" Just www.shortopedia.com way
Dimethyl methylphosphonate, or methylphosphonic acid dimethyl ester (DMMP), is a colorless liquid with chemical formula 3 9 3 or CH3PO(OCH3)2. Its melting point is -50 °C and its boiling point is 181 °C. It is combustible. In contact with water it slowly undergoes hydrolysis. May soften some plastics and rubbers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dimethyl methylphosphonate"
Diphosgene (trichloromethyl chloroformate, ClCO2CCl3) is a chemical originally developed for chemical warfare, a few months after the first use of phosgene. At room temperature it is a stable colourless liquid with a vapour pressure of 10 mmHg (1.3 kPa) @ 20 °C. It decomposes to phosgene around 300 °C. ...more on Wikipedia about "Diphosgene"
Hydrogen cyanide is a chemical compound with chemical formula HCN. A solution of hydrogen cyanide in water is called hydrocyanic acid or prussic acid. Pure hydrogen cyanide is a colorless, very poisonous, and highly volatile liquid that boils slightly above room temperature at 26 °C, thereby generating hydrogen cyanide gas. Hydrogen cyanide has a faint, bitter, almond-like odor that some people are unable to smell due to a genetic trait. Hydrogen cyanide is weakly acidic and partly converts to the cyanide ion CN– in aqueous solution, resulting in a colorless volatile liquid with the typical hydrogen cyanide odor. The salts of hydrogen cyanide are known as cyanides. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hydrogen cyanide"
The term incapacitating agent is defined by the U.S. Department of Defense as ...more on Wikipedia about "Incapacitating agent"
By 1975, The US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, had signed National Security Decision Memorandum 292, titled "U.S.-Iran Nuclear Cooperation," which laid out the details of the sale of nuclear energy equipment to Iran projected to bring U.S. corporations more than $6 billion in revenue. At the time, Iran was pumping as much as 6 million barrels of oil a day, compared with an average of about 4 million barrels daily today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Iran and weapons of mass destruction"
KOLOKOL-1 is an opiate-derived incapacitating agent. Although the exact nature of the active chemical has not been revealed, in all likelihood it is a derivative of the drug fentanyl, possibly the extraordinarily potent carfentanil. It takes effect very quickly, within one to three seconds, supposedly rendering its victims unconscious for two to six hours. Little else is known about this agent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kolokol-1"
Lewisite is a chemical compound from a chemical family called arsines. While it is a colourless and odourless liquid when pure it is usually found as an oily, brown liquid with a distinct odour similar to geraniums. It is a chemical weapon, acting as a vesicant and lung irritant, and can be used in combination as mustard-lewisite. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lewisite"
A chemical weapon agent (CWA) is a chemical substance whose toxic properties are used to kill, injure or incapacitate. About 70 different chemicals have been used or stockpiled as chemical weapon agents during the 20th century. These agents may be in liquid, gas or solid form. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of chemical weapon agents"
Schedule 1 substances, in the sense of the Chemical Weapons Convention, are either ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Schedule 1 substances (CWC)"
Schedule 2 substances, in the sense of the Chemical Weapons Convention, are either ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Schedule 2 substances (CWC)"
Schedule 3 substances, in the sense of the Chemical Weapons Convention, are either ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Schedule 3 substances (CWC)" www.shortopedia.com , this is it!
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