Proving grounds, chemical

HD was obtained directly from a one-ton storage container from the U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Ground chemical stockpile where it had been stored for approximately 40 years. It was determined to be 89.2 area % pure by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The major impurity (4.7%) was l,2-bis(2-chloro-ethylthio)ethane, also known as compound Q or sesquimustard. The next in prominence was 1,2-dichloroethane (2.4%), which is probably formed by thermal decomposition of the HD dimer. C6H12CI2S isomers comprised a total of 2.0 area % of the material. These isomers are believed to be sulfonium ion thermal decomposition products [2]. The HD was used as received for all hydrolysis and biodegradation studies. 

Sponsor/Developing Organization-. U.S. Army Chemical Research and Development Engineering Center, Aberdeen, MD Custodian Commander, U.S. Army CRDEC, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5423. 

Whitacre, C. G. et al., 1987, Personal Computer Program for Chemical Hazard Prediction (D2P< U.S. Army Munitions Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, CRDEC-TR-87021. 

Address Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), 5183 Blackhawk Road Bldg E-5101 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424 USA Phone +1 410 436 4345 (DSN 584 4345)... 

Andersen ME, Krishnan K. 1994. Relating in vitro to in vivo exposures with physiologically-based tissue dosimetry and tissue response models. In Salem H, ed. Animal test alternatives. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD U.S. Army Chemical Research Development and Engineering Center. 

Industrial Chemical Prioritization and Determination of Critical Hazards of Concern. Technical Annex and Supporting Documents for International Task Force (IIF)40, Industrial Chemical Hazards Medical and Operational Concerns. UASCHPPM Report 47-EM-6154-03. US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 2003. 

Luo, S. Andersen, D. Mohr, A. J. Abbreviated Test Report (Part II) for the Chem-ical/Biological Mass Spectrometer (CBMS) Block II Chemical Test. DPG Document No. WDTC-TR-03-081, West Desert Test Center, US Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT, 2003. 

Edgewood Research Development, and Engineering Center, Department of the Army. Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for Lethal Nerve Agent (GA). Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Chemical Biological Defense Command, Revised February 28,1996. 

United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense. Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook. 3rd Edn. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, July 2000. 

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for Agent HQ. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Chemical... 

McIntyre, F.L. Safety Enhancement Program for MlGRAD Mixer Study U.S. Army Armament, Munitions, and Chemical Corrmand, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 21010 (1985). 

Army Armament, Munition and Chemical Corrmand. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-5423 (1985). 

Miiller-Schwarze, D. (2001) From individuals to populations Field studies as proving grounds for the role of chemical signals. In A. Marchlewska-Koj, J.L. Lepri and D. Muller-schwarze (Eds.), Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 9. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York,... 

SBCCOM Operations — The U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), ATTN AMSSB-RCB-RS, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-5424. Tel. 410-436-2148 (twenty-four-hour emergency number). 

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