Reddit reviews The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus
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While not on alchemy itself, The 13th Element, a book about phosphorus, discusses the origins of its discovery in alchemy.
Oooh! VX!
I read about this stuff a decade ago in a decadent little book called The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire and Phosphorous.
8/10, 11/10 with rice.
I believe some agencies actually do classify it as a chemical weapon. Source Of course, I suppose you could technically call anything a chemical weapon since they're all ultimately made of chemicals in some form.
White phosphorus is some nasty stuff too. I've read horror stories about its use in WWII, including incidents where soldiers who got it on them shot themselves instead of going through the pain. Pretty much nothing will stop it from burning and, even if you survive the burning, there's a decent chance it'll poison you. Source and very good read too. Actually, given that part, I can see how you could make that case that it's a chemical weapon.
Edited: Needed some punctuation.