Sarin Gas
Sarin Gas
Sarin Gas is one the most deadly and toxic gases that has no color and no scent.
The formula for this chemical is C4H10FO2P or a more complicated formula or
CH3P(=O)(F)(OCH(CH3)2)
. This destructive weapon was innovated as a herbicide during the 193040s which is labeled as a nerve agent. Sarin is capable of causing the fatality of someone or the suffocating of a person by just inhaling a low concentration of
Sarin gas. Sarin is considered a chiral molecule since it contains four chemical substituents connected to a tetrahedral phosphorus center. Most properties of Sarin has a density of 1.089 as well as a very low melting point. There is an estimated molecular weight of 140.1 g. Also, the Sarin gas is an easily evaporated substance/liquid when compared to water. Also Sarin is soluble in water which is a unique characteristic in nerve agents.
Nerve gases including Sarin gas was used as stockpiles during World War II for both Germany and America. Germany had so much stored that it could “...kill the occupants of 30 cities the size of Paris...” (5th link). In America they also had a decent amount of piles of Sarin as a form of protection against others like Germany. The British were the first to try and test the gas, spreading it through scottish Islands to observe the effects it has on the animal population. In the more present times, Sarin gas has been detected in the civil war occurring in Syria. The United Nations investigators have found clear evidence that the Syrian government has used Sarin on their rebellions. In August
21, there has been evidence that the Syrian government launched these deadly chemicals using surfacetosurface rockets attacking all surrounding areas of the capital
Damascus. More than a 100,000 people had died through this gas before August 21 and their investigation. With aggressiveness and assertiveness, Italy used poisonous gases including Sarin on Ethiopia causing more than 100,00 casualties
Sarin Gas is one the most deadly and toxic gases that has no color and no scent.
The formula for this chemical is C4H10FO2P or a more complicated formula or
CH3P(=O)(F)(OCH(CH3)2)
. This destructive weapon was innovated as a herbicide during the 193040s which is labeled as a nerve agent. Sarin is capable of causing the fatality of someone or the suffocating of a person by just inhaling a low concentration of
Sarin gas. Sarin is considered a chiral molecule since it contains four chemical substituents connected to a tetrahedral phosphorus center. Most properties of Sarin has a density of 1.089 as well as a very low melting point. There is an estimated molecular weight of 140.1 g. Also, the Sarin gas is an easily evaporated substance/liquid when compared to water. Also Sarin is soluble in water which is a unique characteristic in nerve agents.
Nerve gases including Sarin gas was used as stockpiles during World War II for both Germany and America. Germany had so much stored that it could “...kill the occupants of 30 cities the size of Paris...” (5th link). In America they also had a decent amount of piles of Sarin as a form of protection against others like Germany. The British were the first to try and test the gas, spreading it through scottish Islands to observe the effects it has on the animal population. In the more present times, Sarin gas has been detected in the civil war occurring in Syria. The United Nations investigators have found clear evidence that the Syrian government has used Sarin on their rebellions. In August
21, there has been evidence that the Syrian government launched these deadly chemicals using surfacetosurface rockets attacking all surrounding areas of the capital
Damascus. More than a 100,000 people had died through this gas before August 21 and their investigation. With aggressiveness and assertiveness, Italy used poisonous gases including Sarin on Ethiopia causing more than 100,00 casualties