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
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Thomas Newberg Chemical Weapons Convention Historically chemical weapons are rarely seen in combat but when they are they are used to great effect‚ killing thousands and injuring many more. Chemical weapons were first used in combat in May 1915 when the Germans released chlorine gas against the French in the Battle of Ypres. Over the course of WWI new chemical agents were developed including cyanide‚ phosgene and mustard gas. The Geneva Protocol of 1925 condemned chemical weapons but states that
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armies put poisons on arrows and in bullets to make them more lethal. But it wasn’t until the 19th and 20th centuries that mankind began developing toxins and poison gases of devastating lethality‚ including mustard gas‚ chlorine‚ and the nerve gas sarin. Even before these gases were used in war‚ they created a special kind of fear and moral revulsion. The general and traditional definition of a chemical weapon is a toxic chemical contained in a delivery system‚ such as a bomb or shell. The Convention
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Overview Chemical Warfare is using the chemical properties of a substance to your advantage during war. This has been going on for centuries. Even the most basic forms of weapons were used. People have been putting poison on the end of their spears and arrows since they have been around. Over the years‚ it has also developed into much more advanced chemistry. In this article‚ I am going to focus on the more advanced‚ modern uses of chemical warfare in World War I and World War II. World War
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Chemical agents have been around for many decades and have helped in the winning of wars but have also introduce a way to killing people that almost anyone can come up with and this has allowed terrorist organizations to have more ways to terrorize people throughout the world. Chemical warfare is really where it all began in World War One from the French. Normally we hear that the Germans started this but in fact the French did and the Germans were the first to study it with great detail and use
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Toxicological Chemistry - relates the aspects of toxicology to the chemical structure and reactivity of the toxin. It is concerned with the chemical interaction of the toxin with the receptor that gives the physiological response. The ultimate aim is to relate functional group chemistry of both toxin and receptor to the interaction Toxicity - the degree to which a substance causes damage to an organism Acute toxicity - the adverse effects resulting from a single exposure‚ or exposure over
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Should medical science and technology be managed? From a religious point of view‚ science and tech should be managed‚ as the advancement in science and technology has led to the encroachment of religions worldwide. Major religions have held onto the belief that all life is sacred; greatly valuing the sanctity of life‚ however‚ advancement into fields such as genetic engineering (which has led to stem cell research‚ and ultimately cloning) have effectively placed a tangible value to lives‚ and
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Chief among these anti-chemical protections are the drugs Atropine and 2-PAM‚ which if administered quickly‚ have been proven to provide protection against the nerve gas Sarin‚ a deadly chemical weapon used in 2013 during the Syrian Civil War. France supports dispensing these drugs on a large scale and encourages other countries to consider this plan of
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There are so many issues facing the world today that it is sometimes hard to understand why they occur and what they affect. Today it is apparent that many people take the environment of the earth for granted. Pollution‚ energy‚ and natural resources are all seen as an environmental element that can threaten our future and destroy the environment. But there is another threat to the environment that is certainly overlooked by today’s society and was overlooked by many in the past. This element
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The United States is made up of many organizations and agencies that keep the country productive and citizens of this great nation healthy. Sixteen different sectors have been identified as critical to the continued prosperity of America. A critical infrastructure is described as ******** . One of the sixteen critical infrastructures that is vitally important to the nation is the chemical sector. The chemical sector is a broad infrastructure that is responsible for many forms of chemicals that the
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