The detection and identification of war gases : notes for the use of gas identification officers.
- Date:
- 1943
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The detection and identification of war gases : notes for the use of gas identification officers. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![nd CONTENTS * CHAPTER I].—THE WAR GASES : INTRODUCTORY (1) General Considerations | (2) Classification... ie _(3) General Properties... © (a) Vapour pressure, Volatility, and Petsistenee ome (5) Vapour density : ne (c). Freezing point - ‘(@) Specific gravity (e) Stability (4) Physiological Effects say wee as RS Ee CHAPTER IJ.—-THE War GASES : PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES ... (5) Lung Irritants ... “sh “4 aah Weney vas | (a) Chlorine (b) Phosgene (c) Diphosgene (dz) Chloropicrin (6) Lachrymators |... ave : (a). Xylyl bromide (6), Bromacetone is (c) Ethyl iodoacetate ae (d) Bromobenzyl cyanide... (e) Chloracetophenone (7). Nose Irritants (a) Diphenyl chigeieane (6) Diphenyl cyanarsine (c) Diphenylamine chlorarsine (8) Vesicants (a) Mustard ae (5) Lewisite (c) Other dichlorarsines — (9) Other Gases hs , : - CHAPTER JII.—PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF GAS DETECTION (10) General . . Sie wae (11) Methods Evailable (12) Subjective methods of acicetion (a) Smell wah Ubatty sae bas (6) Sight Lok ae ah ete (c) Other senses eo * (dz) Physiological effects \ | (13) Objective methods of detection oe ve eee. (a) Physical and physico-chemical n methods, (b) Detector paint 7 $s (c) Chemical methods. - (14) Field testing and sampling CHAPTER I1V.—DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF GAS IDENTIFICATION OFFICERS... (15) Organisation of the Gas Detection and Identification Service ..... bee (16) Duties of Gas Identification Officers Me ais sin ae Sis (a) Generals °%5 bg ” (b) Approach to gassed area <4 AY dee (c) Diagnosis of type .. ai ane (d) Delineation’ of contaminated area iG (ec) Assessment of danger ... rs ned a (f) Samples for subsequent examination ie ab Sas te) Aircraft spray <... fis es bok ave fai General duties oY 4s one ak ae) da INN DON BP PP -O WoO N](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32175905_0002.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
