Chemical Warfare Detection Systems What is Chemical warfare

Chemical Warfare Detection Systems

What is Chemical warfare? Aspects of military operations involving the employment of lethal and incapacitating chemical agents

Use of Chemical warfare First significant use in World War 1 by Germans against the Allies

First attack on the Allies by Germans

Effect of the gas

Gas masks

Gas suit

Sarin victim Japan, 1995

Cost of Chemical warfare The poor man’s atomic bomb

Control of Chemical warfare 1925 Geneva Protocol 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention

Challenge for Detection systems • Inexpensive • Portable • Real Time detection Death occurs within 15 minutes for tabun, sarin and somon

Invention #1 What? A method and apparatus for real time or near real time detection of nerve agents Broad spectrum bio-detection of nerve agents

Invention #1 The Science: The method- Mix protein complexes with colorimetric compounds to detect low concentrations of chemical warfare agents. The detection is achieved by monitoring changes in the optical spectrum of the compound The apparatus- a small badge which can monitor the changes in the optical spectrum

Invention #2 What? An alarm system for hand held chemical monitors Science When the monitor senses a chemical agent an electric signal is sent to the indicator which emits an audible alarm.