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Is Mustard heavier than water, and if so, if it escapes from projectiles under sea water, does it dissolve into something, or does it remain a heavy black syrup as in Pete's photos of the bandsaw?
As pointed out by glevum, it forms a skin in water with the inside still as a liquid.
When disposing of it by hydrolysis the trick is to agitate it and heat it to allow it to breakdown.
Talking of density of chemical warefare agents, here's a good picture of chlorine in a trench. (Relative density 2.49)
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