Open AccessChemical weapon in the 20th and 21st centuries. Part 2. Nerve agents ‒ G group
Author(s) -
M. Kloske,
Zygfryd Witkiewicz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
biuletyn wojskowej akademii technicznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1234-5865
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0013.5560
Subject(s) - chemical warfare , nerve agent , group (periodic table) , chemical agents , chemical warfare agents , chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry , political science , acetylcholinesterase , biochemical engineering , law , enzyme
The aim of this publication is to review the state of the art in the field of chemical weapons. It contains the knowledge about the G group of chemical compounds that are part of the phosphorous-organic combat paralytic and seizure poisonous agents from their discovery to 1970. G group compounds are also referred to as G series compounds, G compounds, G-gases, G gases, are a subgroup of paralytic-convulsant combat poisonous agents that inhibit acetylcholinesterase. The paper contains basic data on this group of compounds, still considered as an important component of chemical weapons.Keywords: phosphororganic chemical agents, chemical weapon, II World War, post-war period, Cold War