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Mustard-Lewisite

One such decontaminant is supertropical bleach (STB). STB is a mixture of chlorinated lime and calcium oxide containing about 30% available chlorine. It can be used either as a dry mix or as a slurry to decontaminate some equipment surfaces and terrain. The dry mix is prepared with two parts bleach to three parts earth by volume. A slurry typically consists of 40 parts STB to 60 parts by weight of water. This material is then sprayed or swabbed on the contaminated surface (see Bleaching agents). STB is an effective decontaminant for mustard, lewisite, and VX. It is less effective against nerve agents other than VX. [Pg.404]

Chapter 1 Blister Agents MUSTARD - LEWISITE MIXTURE - HL... [Pg.22]

Vesicants/blister agents sulfur mustard, lewisite, nitrogen mustard, mustard lewisite, and phosgene oxime. [Pg.191]

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. "Blister Agents Lewisite (L) and Mustard-Lewisite Mixture (HL) ToxFAQs." April 2002. [Pg.187]

Williams, Kenneth E. Detailed Facts About Blister Agent Mustard-Lewisite Mixture (HL). Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine,... [Pg.189]

Blister agents such as distilled mustard (HD) and nitrogen mustard (HN) have a slow rate of action and might be persistence for three days to one week in warm weather and for some weeks in cold weather, while lewisite (L) and mustard/lewisite (HL) have a quick rate of action and would be persistent for one to three days during summer and for weeks during winter. Route of entry for these blister agents would be nearly the same eyes, lungs, and skin for vapor or aerosol, but for liquid, the points of entry would be the eyes and skin for HD and HN and eyes, skin, and mouth for L and HL. [Pg.206]

Thioether. Mustard agent received its name because of garlic, horseradish, or mustard odor that can be detected by smell. The human nose can detect mustard (H, HD) in concentrations of 0.6 to 1.0 mg/m3. It must be understood that until recently, the U.S. military had no automatic vapor/liquid detection capability. Therefore, alert soldiers would most likely smell the agent vapor before encountering the liquid (after release, H or HD appears as a thick, colorless or pale yellow liquid HL, or mustard/lewisite mixture, appears as a dark oily cloud that can be detected visually). [Pg.240]

Mustard-Lewisite mixture is a liquid mixture of distilled mustard (HD) and Lewisite. Due to its low freezing point, the mixture remains a liquid in cold weather and at high altitudes its low freezing point make it better for ground dispersal and aerial spraying. The mixture with the lowest freezing point consists of 63 percent Lewisite and 37 percent mustard. [Pg.251]

Mustard-lewisite mixture (HL) distilled mustard (HD) combined with lewisite (L)... [Pg.86]

BRA brine reduction area HL mustard/lewisite mix, a blister agent... [Pg.17]

Blister agents/vesieants. These compoimds severely blister the eyes, respiratory traet and skin on exposure, and inelude nitrogen mustard, sulfur mustard. Lewisite, ete. [Pg.600]

Daily, L.E., Clark, J.W., Stolp, B.N., Conner, J.C. (1994). A controlled laboratory experiment to compare lesions resulting fi om application of mustard, lewisite, and nitrogen mustards to the skin of the forearms of humans. Pentagon Reports. Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC, 34 pp. [Pg.624]

Like mustard gas, lewbite b almost immediately decompo.scd in the presence of alkalies, such as caustic soda (5 per cent solution) or ammonia, and by active oxydants, such as chloride of lime and the hyiiochloritcK. the rea< tion being greatly accelerated by heat. Hence terrain and material contaminated with lewbite are decontaminated with the same materials as mustard gas. Abo, like mustard, lewisite readily penetrates clothing, leather, rubber, and the tissues of the body, and hence is just ai difficult to protect against. [Pg.228]

The freezing point of lewisite is — 18 C. (0 F.), which is well below ordinary atmospheric temperatures, so that it is a liquid at all times, except in very cold weather, and hence does not require a. solvent us docs mustard. Like mustard, lewisite is stable in storage and docs not react with iron and steel. [Pg.229]

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... [Pg.519]

To prevent or lessen lewisite damage, early decontamination within minutes after exposure must be instituted. Unlike mustard, lewisite does not cause damage to the hematopoietic organs, but fluid loss from increased capillary permeability necessitates careful attention to fluid balance. [Pg.1524]

Sulfur mustard is a component of the H-series blister agents including undistilled sulfur mustard (H sulfur mustard with 20-30% impurities, also known as Levinstein mustard), distilled sulfur mustard (HD or HS 96% pure), a mustard-lewisite mixture (HL), and HD/agent T mixture (HT a mixture of HD and nonvolatile agent T), and an HD/agent Q mixture (HQ a mixture of HD and nonvolatile Agent Q (Agent Q is also known as sesquimustard). [Pg.1761]

Included in the category of vesicants are sulfur mustard, lewisite, and phosgene oxime. Mustard has been used on modern battlefields—for example, in the Iran-lraq conflict—and it is considered a likely chemical agent to be employed... [Pg.113]


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