Analyses of sarin and related compounds used in the Tokyo Subway Sarin Incident

Japanese Journal of Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-48

  Miyata, Yoshihiko ^a   Nonaka, Hirotaka ^a   Yoshida, Takemi ^b   Ando, Hiroaki ^a  

^a JAPAN   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

31P NMR; Chemical warfare agent; CI MS; Diisopropyl methylphosphonate; Diisopropyl phosphorofluoridate; GC MS; Hydrogen methylphosphonofluoridate; Sarin (isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate)

Indexed keywords

SARIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DERIVATIZATION; ESTERIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0034063268     PISSN: 09159606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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