Hydrogen Cyanide - AC

Skin Contact Wash skin promptly to remove the cyanogen chloride remove all contaminated clothing, including shoes do not delay. 

Ingestion Give victim water or milk do not induce vomiting. 

Field protection Protective mask. CK will break or penetrate a protective 

Decontamination None required under held conditions. 

Short vapor may persist in jungle and forest for some time under suitable weather conditions. 

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Blood/pulmonary agents, which interfere with metabolic functions such as hydrogen cyanide (AC) or phosgene (CG). 

Detailed Facts About Blood Agent Hydrogen Cyanide (AC). Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD ... 

Hydrogen cyanide (AC), an agent, was used extensively by the French. There was considerable debate about whether the French weapons systems were capable of creating lethal cyanide concentrations on the battlefield. 

Hydrogen cyanide (AC), dimethyl-aminocyanophosphonic acid (may react with chlorine to form cyanogen chloride [CK]) ... 

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 ... 

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