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Published online 9 December 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021202-16
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Chemical weapon vanishes
Technique detects nerve agent's swift decay.
The deadly nerve agent VX degrades on concrete in a matter of hours, a new detector has revealed1. The finding could help military clean-up crews and chemical-weapons inspectors.
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