Detector paper

M256-Series Chemical Agent Detector Kit A kit used by military personnel to detect and identify field concentrations of nerve, blister or blood agent vapors. The kit consists of twelve samplers/detectors and a packet of M8 detector paper. It is used at the squad, crew or section level to detect and identify field concentrations of nerve, blister or blood agents vapors. It is usually used to determine when it is safe to unmask, to locate and identify chemical hazards, and to monitor decontamination effectiveness. 

Gruber, A.H. Goldstein, A.G. LaConti, A.B. "A New Family of Miniaturized Self-Contained CO Dosimeters and Direct Reading Detectors", Paper Presented at U.S. Environmental Agency Symposium on Personal Air Pollution Monitors, Chapel Hill, N.C., Jan., 1979... 

M9 Chemical agent detector paper M9 is the most widely used method of detecting... 

Stationl Individual Gear Decon 2 attendants 1 monitor (CAM operator) 3 30-gallon containers 2 long-handled brushes 2 ponchos or plastic sheets 1 CAM 8 M8 detector paper 4 M256A1 kits 100 trash bags... 

Station 5 Monitor 1 attendant (CAM operator) 1 aidman (or combat lifesaver) 1 CAM 5 M8 detector paper 24 M258A1/M295... 

Station 3 Wail/lnterior Decon 1 NCO 2 Interior Decon Assistants 2 AN/VDR2 or AN/PDR27 0 3 TAP Aprons 6 30-gal Containers 10 M8 Detector Paper 30 Sponges 8 M256A1 50 Trash Bags 1 Clipboard w/Pen 1 Stopwatch... 

Station 5 Check 2 NCO/CAM Operators 2 CAM 10 M256A1 20 M8 Detector Paper 2 AN/VDR2 or AN/PDR27 2 M8A1 Chem Alarms... 

For droplets, the M5 detector paint and the M6 detector paper both turned from olive green to red. None of the detectors provided any advance warning, and all merely confirmed the presence of the agents after the fact. 

Although the M8 detector/alarm solved the advance warning problem, soldiers still needed a quick test to confirm the presence of chemical agents. The problem was solved with the standardization of M8 detector paper in 1973. The paper was a Canadian development. It was packaged in booklets of 25 sheets (perforated for easy removal) sized 4 x 2 x/2 in. M8 detector paper turned dark blue for V agents, yellow for G-series agents, and red for mustard agent.161... 

For detection, the army developed two new detectors, one using low technology and one high technology. M9 Detector Paper was an adhesive-backed paper containing B-l dye, which turned red when contaminated with any known liquid agent. Type classified in 1980, the paper was attached to a soldier s arms or legs, or to the outside of his vehicle, and provided an indication of a chemical attack.210... 

Chemical agent detector paper, 25 sheets/book and 50 booklets/box potential for false positives. 

H. V. Drnschel, High Resolntion Simultaneons Determination of Sulfur Compounds, Nitrogen Compounds, and Hydrocarbons using Fused Silica Capillary Columns and Selective Detectors, paper presented at American Chemical Society Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 1982. 

By March 1942 a number of blister gas detectors, all of which were based on color changes in a dye base and had their origins in British and American developments in 1918, had been standardized. They included the M4 vapor detector kit, capable of registering even faint concentrations of nitrogen and sulphur mustards M5 liquid vesicant detector paint M6 liquid vesicant detector paper and M7 vesicant detector crayon, sensitive to mustard and lewisite. Although the CWS had not discovered a better dye base than that developed by the British, NDRC chemists at the University of Chicago, at the University of Virginia, and at Ohio State improved its composition and developed new detector materials. ... 

Other miscellaneous protective items which the CWS procured under contract were gas resistant aprons, made of impermeable cloth and intended for use by certain Medical Corps and CWS troops gas resistant sacks for shipment of contaminated clothing to decontaminating stations and various items for detecting such gases as vesicant detector crayons and liquid vesicant detector paper and paint. 

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