Preparedness (ultralight attack on statue of liberty)
Eugene Leitl
Eugene.Leitl at lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Sat Sep 22 13:13:12 PDT 2001
On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> Nerve gas is absorbed through the skin. A containment suit is
> required, a gas mask, alkali or otherwise, is worthless of itself.
Indeed. Physical properties of some common nerve agents:
http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1018.5/MR1018.5.appb.html
Specifically VX:
Boiling point (0C, 760 mm Hg) 298.4 (calculated), with decomposition
Vapor pressure (mm Hg) 0.0007 at 200
Volatility (mg/m3) 10.5 at 250C (1/2000 as volatile as sarin)
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