Toxic chemical compounds developed or used as weapons in the twentieth century, including the blister agent mustard gas and the nerve agents sarin, tabun and soman. A weapon belongs here when its cited article describes it as a chemical weapon or chemical warfare agent. It excludes incendiaries and explosives. These agents were produced in large quantities, first used on the battlefields of the First World War or developed in the 1930s, and their use is restricted by international conventions in force today.
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Mustard gas, Wikipedia
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Mustard gas or sulfur mustard are names commonly used for the organosulfur chemical compound bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide, which has the chemical structure S(CH2CH2Cl)2, as well as other species.
Wikipedia: Sarin
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Sarin (NATO designation GB short for G-series, B) is an extremely toxic organophosphorus compound that has been often used as a chemical weapon due to its extreme potency as a nerve agent.
Wikipedia: Tabun (nerve agent)
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Tabun (NATO designation GA) is an extremely toxic compound and nerve agent chemical weapon of the organophosphate family.
Wikipedia: Soman
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Soman (or GD, EA 1210, Zoman, PFMP, A-255, systematic name: O-pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate) is an extremely toxic chemical substance.
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