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Can the VX gas bomb in Rock Breaking really kill 7W people in an instant?

Brief introduction of gas bomb-VX gas bomb nerve agent is a kind of poison that destroys the normal function of nervous system. Because it contains phosphorus, it is also called phosphorus poison. There are mainly sarin (isopropyl methyl fluorophosphate), VX (ethyl methyl thiophosphate), soman, tabun and so on. Sarin is a colorless or yellowish volatile liquid with a faint apple fragrance. Pure VX is a colorless and odorless oily liquid, and industrial products are brown and smelly. When in use, sarin exists in the form of gas and fog, which poisons the air; VX exists in the form of fog and water droplets, poisoning the ground, objects and water sources for a long time. 1968 in March, the U.S army conducted a series of nerve agent experiments at dagway proving ground in Utah. At 6 pm on March 13, an F4 ghost jet roared over the base, and the fuel tank suspended under the plane spilled VX liquid on an unmarked ground. One of the cans is broken. Most of the poison has been distributed to the predetermined height, but about 9.07 kilograms of poison is still left in the problematic jar. When the jet plane flew out of its route, VX gas leaked from the tank. At that time, the plane was still high in the sky and the wind speed reached 56 kilometers per hour. The nerve gas was suspended in the air and finally floated to the ground in Skull Valley. This place is about 32 kilometers away from the experimental site. A few hours later, a large number of sheep grazing in the valley died of poisoning. Local photographers and TV workers rushed to the scene and witnessed 6000 dead sheep being thrown into a hastily dug trench. In the words of American news announcers, the propaganda at home and abroad and the reports of on-site witnesses have dealt a fatal blow to the US biochemical warfare plan.

This kind of poison is highly toxic, quick-acting and penetrating.

Nerve agents can enter the human body through respiratory tract, eyes, skin, etc. And quickly combined with cholinesterase to inactivate it, causing nervous system dysfunction, causing pupil contraction, nausea and vomiting, dyspnea, muscle tremor and other symptoms. If it is serious, it will die soon.

Name of poison: VX.

Chemical name: S-(2- diisopropylaminoethyl)-ethyl methyl thiophosphonate.

Normal temperature: colorless oily liquid.

Smell: no or mercaptan smell.

Solubility: slightly soluble in water, easily soluble in organic solvents.

Hydrolysis: It's difficult. Boil with alkali to accelerate hydrolysis.

War use state: droplet state or aerosol state.