The work described in this report was presented at the "International Symposium on the Destruction of Chemical Weapons - Technologies and Practical Aspects" in Munster, Germany in March 1998, nearly one year after the Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force, and right at the place, where German chemical warfare activities started during World War I. This symposium was arranged by the Munster lEXPO 2000 Committee (ARGE EXPO 2000) in close cooperation with the German Federal Ministries of Defence and for Foreign Affairs and was generously supported by the U.S. Army European Research Office as well. The symposium was chaired by Dr. Berud Staginnus, Director, Federal Armed Forces NBC Defence Institute Munster (WI S), and was co-chaired by Dr. Wolfgang Spyra, Full Professor, Brandenburg Technical University at Cottbus (BTU). The Federal Armed Forces NBC Defence Institute (WiS) was in charge of putting together the scientific and technical programme of this symposium, while the Munster EXPO 2000 Committee (ARGE EXPO 2000) took care of the entire symposium oroanization, kindly supported by all Munster Armed Forces installations.
