simulants

They conducted mock attacks in places bustling with people, including the New York subway system and Washington National Airport, in the latter case releasing anthrax simulants hidden in suitcases.

William C. Patrick III, 84, dies; oversaw Fort Detrick biowarfare effort and weaponization of anthrax and other deadly diseases T. Rees Shapiro 2010

These "synthetics" are distinguished from "simulants," such as glass or cubic zirconium, which merely imitate the appearance of precious gems.

Green Lantern: Environmentally friendly jewelry includes synthetic gemstones 2010

Instead, benign simulants are used in accordance with international treaties.

Dugway Proving Ground National Park 2007

The crew run afoul of a warship belonging to rogue simulants and engage in a pitched battle to the death Starbug having been upgraded with laser cannons to give it a sporting chance that ends with the ship being infested by a computer virus.

Red Dwarf VI Adam Whitehead 2009

This is another very solid episode, notable in the Red Dwarf mythos for introducing the simulants, a human-built race of psychopathic mass-murdering androids who return to plague our crew in future seasons.

Wertzone Classics: Red Dwarf IV Adam Whitehead 2009

After this it nosedives into the ground with a lot of guff about 'nega-drives', more rogue simulants, more GELFs and a second 4000 series mechanoid who isn't very funny.

Red Dwarf VII Adam Whitehead 2009

Colored cubic zirconia is sold as simulants of many different gemstones.

Zirconium 2008

Experts should be consulted for the chemical composition of anthrax simulants and the dust from the WTC collapses tested for these simulants.

Anthrax Links to 9-11 2008

Source materials used to produce the three simulants will potentially come from locations as diverse as Montana, Arizona, Virginia, Florida, Hawaii, and even some international sites.

Boing Boing 2006

Between 1949 and 1969, for example, the Army sprayed bacterial tracers or simulants on unsuspecting populations in hundreds of biological warfare tests.

Breaking the Nuremberg Code: The US Military's Human-Testing Program Returns 2008