VX gas

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VX gas is an extremely toxic, persistent nerve agent developed for chemical warfare, known for its rapid disruption of the nervous system even at very low exposure levels.

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AI-generated illustration of VX gas

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of a vX gas (VX gas is an extremely toxic, persistent nerve agent developed for chemical warfare, known for its rapid disruption of the nervous system even at very low exposure levels.)

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
VX 2
VX nerve agent 2
VX (nerve agent) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Schedule 1 chemical ⓘ
chemical warfare agent ⓘ
nerve agent ⓘ
organophosphorus compound ⓘ
allowedUse research under strict control ⓘ
antidote atropine ⓘ
diazepam ⓘ
pralidoxime ⓘ
belongsToClass V-series nerve agents ⓘ
boilingPoint 298 °C ⓘ
chemicalFormula C11H26NO2PS ⓘ
color amber ⓘ
countryDestroyedStockpiles Russia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
decontaminationMethod oxidizing agents such as hypochlorite ⓘ
strong alkaline hydrolysis ⓘ
developedFor chemical warfare ⓘ
developedInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
discoveredBy J. F. Newman ⓘ
Ranajit Ghosh ⓘ
discoveredIn 1952 ⓘ
effectOnBody accumulation of acetylcholine at synapses ⓘ
disruption of nervous system signaling ⓘ
environmentalPersistence days to weeks on surfaces ⓘ
hasOtherName Amiton analog ⓘ
VX nerve agent ⓘ
ethyl methylphosphonothioic acid S-[2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl] ester ⓘ
hydrolysisProduct less toxic phosphonic acids ⓘ
IUPACName O-ethyl S-[2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl] methylphosphonothioate ⓘ
laterWeaponizedBy United States ⓘ
LCt50InhalationHumanEstimate about 30–50 mg·min/m³ ⓘ
LD50DermalHumanEstimate about 10 mg ⓘ
mechanismOfAction acetylcholinesterase inhibition ⓘ
meltingPoint −51 °C ⓘ
notableIncident assassination of Kim Jong-nam in 2017 ⓘ
odor virtually odorless ⓘ
onsetOfSymptoms seconds to minutes after exposure ⓘ
persistence high ⓘ
physicalStateAtRoomTemperature liquid ⓘ
primaryCauseOfDeath respiratory arrest ⓘ
prohibitedUse warfare ⓘ
regulatedBy Chemical Weapons Convention ⓘ
routeOfExposure dermal absorption ⓘ
ingestion ⓘ
inhalation ⓘ
ocular exposure ⓘ
solubilityInOrganicSolvents high ⓘ
solubilityInWater slightly soluble ⓘ
storageForm binary or unitary munitions ⓘ
symptom bronchoconstriction ⓘ
convulsions ⓘ
excessive salivation ⓘ
miosis ⓘ
muscle twitching ⓘ
respiratory failure ⓘ
toxicity extremely high ⓘ
volatility very low ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Rock → featuresWeapon → VX gas ⓘ
subject linked to: film "The Rock"
Halabja chemical attack → weaponUsed → VX (nerve agent) ⓘ
linked to: VX gas
Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant → handlesAgent → VX nerve agent ⓘ
linked to: VX gas
Francis X. Hummel → weaponTypeThreatened → VX nerve gas ⓘ
linked to: VX gas
Aum Shinrikyo → usedWeapon → VX nerve agent ⓘ
linked to: VX gas