Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Introducing the Journal of Chemical Education’s Special Issue on Chemical Security

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Education
 [1];  [2]
  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague (Netherlands)

Chemical security can be described as the practice of protecting chemicals from people. This editorial introduces the Special Issue on Chemical Security. In this article, we present a concise history of the use of chemicals as weapons and briefly describe consolidated global approaches needed to decrease the security risks from chemicals. We briefly introduce the contributions to this Special Issue from scientists and educators around the world on the topic of chemical security. Given recent high-profile global events that involved chemicals as weapons, improving chemical security awareness and competency is a critical need. We hope this Special Issue continues to generate conversation and collaboration on this important topic and enables educators to teach chemical security principles in their classrooms and laboratories.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1668359
Report Number(s):
SAND--2020-5145J; 686132
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Education, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Education Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 97; ISSN 0021-9584
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (8)

Fentanyl in the US heroin supply: A rapidly changing risk environment journal August 2017
Journal of Chemical Education Call for Papers: Special Issue on Chemical Security journal February 2019
Phosgene. journal April 1927
Scopolamine: A potent chemical weapon journal August 1984
Chemistry and Warfare: A General Studies Course journal July 2002
Weapons of Mass Destruction: It Is All about Chemistry journal December 2009
Molecule Models of Chemical Weapons and Warfare Agents journal December 2009
Early evidence of San material culture represented by organic artifacts from Border Cave, South Africa journal July 2012