Corrosivity Hazards
This is the measurement of hydrogen ion concentration in a solution.
What is Power of Hydrogen (pH)?
A quantity of radiation or energy absorbed by the body, usually measured in millirems (mrem).
What is Dose?
Usually solid materials dispersed in a liquid spray and cause pain or burning on exposed mucous membranes and skin.
What are Riot Control Agents?
These are disease producing organisms and include bacteria (e.g. anthrax, cholera, plague, e coli), and viruses (e.g. small pox, viral hemorrhagic fever).
What are Pathogens?
Having this value, a caustic material would be considered "strong".
What is 12 or greater.
The __________ of known materials can range from a fraction of a second to millions of years.
What is Half-life?
Chemical agents that consist of a cyanide compound, such as hydrogen cyanide and cyanogens chloride.
What are Blood Agents?
The time from exposure to a biological agent to the appearance of symptoms in infected persons.
What is the Incubation Period?
When utilizing this metering device, Caustic material will produce blue results.
What is Litmus Paper?
Standard unit of measurement for alpha and beta radiation, and is also commonly used to express background radiation in numerical terms.
What are Counts per minute (CPM)?
Chemical warfare agents that are the most toxic.
What are Nerve Agents?
These are produced by a biological source.
What are Toxins?
The percentage of an acid or base dissolved in water.
What is Concentration?
The movement of energy through space or matter in the form of waves or particles.
What is Radiation?
Chemical agents that pose both a liquid and vapor threat to all exposed skin and mucous membranes.
What are Vesicants (Blistering Agents)?
The amount of pathogen (measured in the number of organisms) required to cause infection in the host.
What is Infectious Dose?
The process by which acids and bases break down when dissolved in water to produce hydrogen (H+) ions or Hydroxide (OH-) ions.
What is Dissociation?
Measured in curies (1 curie = 37 billion disintegrations per second), although it is usually expressed in either millicuries or microcuries.
What is Activity?
This term refers to the length of time a chemical agent remains as a liquid.
What is Persistence?
This is an common example of a toxin.
What is Ricin?