TM 3-6665-254-12
Table 1. Summary of Tests
Bulb
If you get
Test
Using
compression
Add from bottle
(positive test)
You have
Detector ticket
60
white-marked (2 drops)
Square end
nerve agent
red-marked (2 drops)
white or light
G or V (or both)
red-orange
If test 1 is negative, omit test 3.
Blue-band tube
60
nothing
yellow or
CK
orange
If test 2 is positive, omit tests 3 and 4.
If test 2 is negative, use the tube from test 2 with no additional bulb compressions.
Blue-band tube
O
green-marked (1 drop)
yellow (within
G
1 minute)
Blue-band tube
60
after 2 minutes
purple-blue ring
H, HD, HT, HN
blue-marked (1 drop)
red-brown ring
CX
Yellow-band tube
60
Blue-marked (1 drop)
Blue-green or
L, ED, or MD
blue ring.
Green-band tube
60
Nothing
Green ring
CG
Red-band tube
60
Nothing
Blue-ring
AC
If tests 1-7 do not positively detect the chemical agent, and a chemical agent is suspected, takes
samples in five white-band tubes.
VGH chemical agent
NA
Nothing
Yellow
G
detector paper
Red
H,L,CX
Dark green
V
White-band tubes
60
Place exposed tubes in en-
velope with completed
REPORT FORM and send to
the chemical laboratory
designated in the unit SOP.
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