CW stockpiles in Russia
Chemical weapons
History of CW development
Chemical agents
Chemical weapons
History of CW development
Chemical agents
Chemical Agents
- Blister Agents
- Nerve Agents
- tabun
- sarin
- soman
- VX
- physicochemical characteristics
- median lethal doses LD50
- median lethal doses/concentrations
Median lethal doses LD50 (mg/kg) | |||
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Species of animals | Sarin | Soman | VX |
Mouse | 0.07-0.010 | 0.035 | 0.014 |
Rat | 0.045 | 0.045 | 0.008 |
Guinea pig | 0.03 | - | 0.008 |
Cat | 0.015-0.018 | - | 0.002 |
Rabbit | 0.015 | - | 0.008 |
Dog | 0.010 | 0.012 | 0.006 |
Monkey | 0.020 | - | 0.008 |
Goat | 0.015 | - | 0.005 |
Human (estimate) | 0.014 | - | 0.008 |