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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.
EA-3148 (Substance 100A) is a "V-series" nerve agent related to the better-known compounds VX and VR. [1] It was studied by both the US and Soviet chemical weapons programmes during the Cold War, and is notable as the only V-series organophosphate nerve agent specifically identified in public domain sources as having a higher absolute potency as an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor than VX ...
Officials at the Kentucky plant began disassembling about 18,000 of the rockets and draining the VX agent in July, according to a news release from plant officials. Last U.S. stockpile of deadly ...
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 .
Previously obtained documents say a nerve agent demonstration occurred the day before the sheep deaths. [8] On March 13, 1968, an F-4 Phantom [9] fighter aircraft flew a test mission over the Dugway Proving Ground with chemical dispensers containing the nerve agent VX. One of the dispensers was not completely emptied during the test.
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]
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