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Re:Kim Jong-Nam Was Killed by VX Nerve Agent, Malaysians Say by amelius on Friday February 24, 2017 @05:40AM (#13722533)
How did they find the agent? Do they have a list of thousands of agents to test against, and do they work down the list one by one? How does this work?
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Re:Kim Jong-Nam Was Killed by VX Nerve Agent, Malaysians Say by aladoc99 on Friday February 24, 2017 @09:43AM (#13724031)
My guess is gas chromatography mass spectrometry, which yields a characteristic signature for many compounds.
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