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Title: Analysis of soil samples for chemical warfare agents: Canadian contribution to a multinational round-robin analytical exercise. Memorandum report

Abstract

VX and two VX related compounds, diethyl methylphosphonate and bis(2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl) disulfide, were confirmed at the 2 to 40 micrograms/gram level as the principal components in three of four soil samples distributed by Finland as part of a multinational round robin exercise designed to evaluate laboratory methodologies. Several other compounds related to VX, were also identified in extracts of the soil samples. Keywords: Gas chromatography, Canada, Soil samples, Diethyl methylphosphonate, Mass spectrometry, Bis(2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl) disulfide, Bioassay, Defence research establishment suffield(dres), VX, Military chemical agents, International relations, Neuron, Tissue culture, Chemical agent detection.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Office of Naval Material, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6605588
Report Number(s):
AD-A-222809/6/XAB; DRES-SM-1331
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; BIOASSAY; NERVE CELLS; SENSITIVITY; CANADA; CONTAMINATION; DETECTION; FINLAND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LABORATORIES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SAMPLING; SOILS; TISSUE CULTURES; ANIMAL CELLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EUROPE; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NORTH AMERICA; SCANDINAVIA; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SOMATIC CELLS; SPECTROMETERS; WEAPONS; WESTERN EUROPE; 450600* - Military Technology, Weaponry, & National Defense- Chemical & Biological- (1990); 560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology

Citation Formats

D'Agostino, P A, Provost, L R, Sawyer, T W, and Weiss, M T. Analysis of soil samples for chemical warfare agents: Canadian contribution to a multinational round-robin analytical exercise. Memorandum report. United States: N. p., 1990. Web.
D'Agostino, P A, Provost, L R, Sawyer, T W, & Weiss, M T. Analysis of soil samples for chemical warfare agents: Canadian contribution to a multinational round-robin analytical exercise. Memorandum report. United States.
D'Agostino, P A, Provost, L R, Sawyer, T W, and Weiss, M T. 1990. "Analysis of soil samples for chemical warfare agents: Canadian contribution to a multinational round-robin analytical exercise. Memorandum report". United States.
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title = {Analysis of soil samples for chemical warfare agents: Canadian contribution to a multinational round-robin analytical exercise. Memorandum report},
author = {D'Agostino, P A and Provost, L R and Sawyer, T W and Weiss, M T},
abstractNote = {VX and two VX related compounds, diethyl methylphosphonate and bis(2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl) disulfide, were confirmed at the 2 to 40 micrograms/gram level as the principal components in three of four soil samples distributed by Finland as part of a multinational round robin exercise designed to evaluate laboratory methodologies. Several other compounds related to VX, were also identified in extracts of the soil samples. Keywords: Gas chromatography, Canada, Soil samples, Diethyl methylphosphonate, Mass spectrometry, Bis(2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl) disulfide, Bioassay, Defence research establishment suffield(dres), VX, Military chemical agents, International relations, Neuron, Tissue culture, Chemical agent detection.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1990},
month = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1990}
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