Automatic liquid agent detector

Automatic Liquid Agent Detector (ALAD) A liquid agent devise that can detect droplets of GD, VX, HD. and Lewisite as well as thickened agents. It transmits its alarm by field wire to a central alarm unit. 

Shipboard automatic liquid agent detector (SALAD). The technologies to be used in the SALAD have recently been reviewed, but no decision has been made on the final selection. The instrument is designed to be an automated, externally mounted liquid agent detector capable of detecting G-type and VX nerve agents as well as vesicant chemical agents. 

SALAD Shipboard Automatic Liquid Agent Detector... 

Locations where flammable liquids are loaded or unloaded should have adequate fire protection. A water spray system operated manually and automatically is the most economical and best for most materials. Where water supply is inadequate or unavailable, a dry chemical system can be engineered. Ultraviolet ray detectors are recommended for speed of operation and automatic discharge of the agent. 

The SERPACWA has no vapors, and so it does not register a false alarm with the automatic vapor detectors, such as the Improved Chemical Agent Monitor (ICAM). It also does not register with systems that detect chemical liquid, such as M8 or M9 paper. The SERPACWA paste on the surface of M8 or M9 paper will prevent CWA absorption by the paper and render it ineffective. 

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