Use of in situ-generated dimethyldioxirane for inactivation of biological agents

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6288-6292

  Wallace, William H ^b   Bushway, Karen E ^b   Miller, Susan D ^b   Delcomyn, Carrie A ^b   Renard, Jean J ^b   Henley, Michael V ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DECONTAMINANTS; DIMETHYLDIOXIRANE (DMDO); POTASSIUM PEROXYMONOSULFATE;

ACETONE; ADDITION REACTIONS; BACTERIA; BLEACHING; CELLS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUNGI; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY;

HYDROCARBONS;

ACETONE; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; BLEACHING AGENT; DIMETHYLDIOXIRANE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PEROXYMONOSULFATE POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CORROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS SPORE; MILITARY PHENOMENA; PH MEASUREMENT; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FUNGI; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; VIRUSES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS;

EID: 23844539274     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0501969     Document Type: Article

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