Tabun (nerve gas)

Tabun or GA (Ethyl N,N-dimethylphosphoramidocyanidate) is an extremely toxic substance that is one of the world's most dangerous weapons of war. Because it fatally interferes with normal functioning of the mammalian nervous system, it is classified as a nerve agent. As a chemical weapon, it is classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations according to UN Resolution 687, and its production and stockpiling was outlawed by the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993. Tabun is the first of the so-called G-series nerve agents (along with GB (sarin), GD (soman) and GF (cyclosarin)).

Related Topics:
Nerve agent - Chemical weapon - Weapon of mass destruction - United Nations - UN Resolution 687 - Chemical Weapons Convention - 1993 - GB - GD - GF

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Tabun is a colourless to brown liquid (depending on purity) It is volatile (evaporating readily at normal temperatures), although less volatile than either sarin or soman. Although odorless when pure, tabun is commonly described as having a faint fruity odor due to common manufacturing impurities.

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