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VX is an extremely toxic synthetic chemical compound in the organophosphorus class, specifically, a thiophosphonate.In the class of nerve agents, it was developed for military use in chemical warfare after translation of earlier discoveries of organophosphate toxicity in pesticide research.
EA-2192 is an extremely toxic degradation product of the VX, a very potent nerve agent. [1] [2] It is a white solid that is very soluble and stable in water.EA-2192 is an extremely potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.
[5] [6] It was reported that a small amount of VX was found in the tissue of the dead sheep. [6] Other information contradicted the initial assumptions. One contradiction to nerve agent exposure as a cause came in the symptoms of some of the sheep following the incident. Several sheep, still alive, sat unmoving on the ground.
The last stockpiles of a deadly chemical agent in the U.S. have been safely eliminated, according to Kentucky officials in charge of destroying the Cold War-era weapons. The final M55 rocket ...
VX was the only V-series agent that was fielded by the US as a munition, in rockets, artillery shells, airplane spray tanks, and landmines. [ 27 ] [ 29 ] Analyzing the structure of thirteen V agents, the standard composition, which makes a compound enter this group, is the absence of halides .
QL sulfide is an isomer of VX and readily converts to it. [2] [3] The toxicity of QL sulfide is unknown but the fact that it easily isomerizes into VX makes it particularly dangerous. [citation needed] It is the intermediate in the last step of VX production and binary VX deployment. [4]
QL is a component in binary chemical weapons, mainly VX nerve agent. [3] It, along with methylphosphonyl difluoride (DF), was developed during the 1980s in order to replace an aging stockpile of unitary chemical weapons. [3] QL is listed as a Schedule 1 chemical by the Chemical Weapons Convention. [4]
Little information about EA-1763's physicochemical properties has been reported. [1] V1 is a more viscous and less dense liquid than VX. [3] It is colorless, odorless and tasteless in its pure form.