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Appendix C Information on Current Composition of Levenstein Mustard Agent at Blue Grass Army Depot
Pages 68-73

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... impurities into a mixture that is, on average, 70 stockpile, including that in the projectiles stored at percent solids and 30 percent liquid. Deseret Chemical Depot.1 This form of mustard agent 1 E-mail communication from Yu-Chu Yang, ACWA, on April 12, 2005, to Robert A
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From page 69...
... of Agent Fill in the 10 155-mm H Projectiles Tested During Munitions Washout System Testinga,b Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometry -- Chemical Nuclear Ionization (GC/MS­CI) Magnetic Resonance Compound Name Structure (area%)
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... 2-Chloroethyl vinyl sulfide ClCC-S-CH=CH2 0.33 (0.020-0.60) Bis[(2-chloroethylthio)
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From page 71...
... S S S 1,4,7,10-tetrathiacyclododecane S 0.49 (0.14-1.0) S S S Elemental sulfur Sulfur S6 0.10 (0.040-0.15)
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From page 72...
... Total 99.81 70.8c aResults are the average and range for seven samples. bUsing n-hexane extraction and an internal standard, gas chromatography/thermal conductivity detector quantitative measurements gave 13 wt% (5.47-18.4 wt%)
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... TABLE C-5 Estimated Total Iron Contents in Liquid and Solid Phases of H Mustard Agent Fill in 155-mm Projectilesa,b Solid in Munition Total Iron Phase (wt%)
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Key Terms

  • agent fill
  • cyclic sulfonium
  • compound name
  • munitions washout
  • internal standard

  • total iron
  • detector quantitative
  • sulfonium ion
  • projectiles tested
  • conductivity detector

  • vinyl sulfide
  • solid phases
  • iron phase
  • ghf acrodisc
  • nuclear ionization

  • filters rinsed
  • sulfonium dication
  • quantitative results
  • sulfur sulfur
  • filtered using

  • total measured
  • percent liquid
  • using gelman
  • projectiles stored
  • syringe filters

  • athe total
  • estimated total
  • iron contents
  • quantitative measurements
  • measured iron


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