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Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

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<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong><br />

Training Support Package<br />

Participant Guide<br />

Slide 29<br />

<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong>:<br />

<strong>TICs</strong> & <strong>TIMs</strong><br />

Chlorine Gas<br />

• Multiple Uses<br />

– Manufacturing <strong>of</strong> non -agricultural<br />

chemicals<br />

– Pulp and paper industry<br />

– Commercial & household bleaching<br />

agents<br />

– Water purification & waste treatment<br />

• 1998 US production > 14 million<br />

tons<br />

– Shipped as liquefied compressed<br />

gas<br />

Module One – Toxic Industrial Gases as Terrorist Threats<br />

29<br />

Chlorine is among the 10 most produced chemical in the US; in 1998, US production<br />

exceeded 14 million tons. Today, it is used <strong>for</strong> nonagricultural chemical manufacturing -<br />

including the production <strong>of</strong> chlorinated hydrocarbons (CCl4-carbon tetrachloride, vinyl<br />

chloride, chlor<strong>of</strong>orm) - pulp and paper industry as an oxidizing bleaching agent; as<br />

commercial and household bleaching agents; & in water purification and waste treatment<br />

systems as a disinfectant. Similar to ammonia, chlorine is shipped in large quantities<br />

over long distances as a liquefied compressed gas.<br />

December 2008 Version 2.0 Page 153

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