This book describes nerve agents and vesicants, their decomposition and their degradation products' chemistry as well as their toxicity including a list of detection techniques of nerve agents and their degradation products.
Lethal chemical warfare agents, nerve agents and vesicants, although supposedly not used in warfare today, still pose major threats to life around the world and our surrounding environment. Rapid and sensitive methods are required and under continuous development to identify those agents and their degradation products. This practical text describes the chemistry of nerve agents and vesicants, their decomposition and their degradation products, as well as their toxicity, including a list of detection and analysis techniques for these agents and their degradation products.
Featured in this book is:
* A history of chemical warfare agents and details of the CWC
* Coverage of the toxicity of chemical warfare agents and their degradation products
* The analysis of such agents including separation and detection techniques
* The formation, detection and analysis of organophosphorus nerve agent degradation products
