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Properties of GB in Water
Author(s) -
Epstein Joseph
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1974.tb01968.x
Subject(s) - water source , water supply , process (computing) , environmental science , business , potency , nerve agent , petroleum engineering , chemistry , environmental engineering , water resource management , computer science , geology , organic chemistry , acetylcholinesterase , biochemistry , enzyme , operating system , in vitro
At times the postulated situation of nerve gas entering community drinking‐water supplies has had an unnerving effect. The author explains that it would be difficult to deposit a harmful amount into large drinking‐water systems and that, were the gas to be dissolved into a supply source, it would under most circumstances, quickly lose its potency. The process of destroying the agent, moreover, can be accelerated by several methods.