Volatility (chemical weapon)

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Volatility (chemical weapon) [r]: While the more common term is persistence (chemical weapon), some agents, such as phosgene and sarin, evaporate quickly and their hazard diminishes, while other agents, such as mustard gas or VX, have low volatility and contaminate areas for long periods of time [e]

This article contains just a definition and optionally other subpages (such as a list of related articles), but no metadata. Create the metadata page if you want to expand this into a full article.