
Chemistry
Nerve Agents: What Are They and How Do They Work?
The first nerve agents were invented by accident in the 1930s when German researchers were trying to make cheaper and better alternatives to nicotine as insecticides
Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Birmingham.
The first nerve agents were invented by accident in the 1930s when German researchers were trying to make cheaper and better alternatives to nicotine as insecticides
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