Chemical warfare agents hydrogen cyanide

Vincennite. Poisonous mixt used by the Fr in WWI in chemical shells. It consisted of hydrogen cyanide 50, As trichloride 30, Sn tetrachloride 15, and chloroform 5%. There was difficulty in obtaining toxic concns in field use because of the extreme volatility of the hydrocyanic acid Ref J. Bebie, Explosives, Military Pyrotechnics and Chemical Warfare Agents , Macmillan Co, NY (1943), 160... 

Aerial bombs containing chemical warfare agents were first developed around the end of World War I. The first US aerial bombs were 30 lb bombs that held roughly 10 lb of mustard agent. By World War II, 100 lb mustard bombs, 115 and 125 lb bombs filled with mustard, Lewisite, or GA, and 500 and 1000 lb bombs filled with hydrogen cyanide, phosgene, or... 

Moore, S., Gates, M. (1946). Hydrogen cyanide and cyanogen chloride. In Summary technical report of Division 9, National Defense Research Committee Vol. 1. Chemical warfare agents and related chemical problems (Pt. 1-2, pp. 7-16). Washington, DC National Defense Research Committee. 

Blood agents are common industrial chemicals that have been used on the battlefield to produce casualties. Two primary types of blood agents used by the military are hydrogen cyanide (AC) and cyanogen chloride (CK). Poisonous effects of cyanide have been well known since ancient times. Cyanide was the first blood agent used as a chemical warfare agent. Cyanides are salts with the metals potassium, sodium, and calcium most commonly used to form the compounds. The term blood agent ... 

NDRC (1946b) Hydrogen cyanide and cyanogen chloride. In Preparation and evaluation of potential chemical warfare agents. Summary Technical Report of Division 9, NDRC, vol 1, part 1, chapter 2. National Defense Research Committee, Office of Scientific Research and Development, Washington, DC, pp 7-16. 

If states planned to divert chemical warfare agents from commercial chemicals produced legitimately in large quantities, such as phosgene or hydrogen cyanide, the likelihood of detection would be even more... 

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