Degradation of the blister agent sulfur mustard, bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide, on concrete

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 353-360

  Brevett, Carol A S ^a   Sumpter, Kenneth B ^b   Wagner, George W ^b   Rice, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CDR   (United States)

Author keywords

Bis(2 chloroethyl) sulfide; Blister agent; Concrete; CWA; H 2TG; NMR; SSMAS; Sulfonium ions; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

BLISTER AGENTS; CONCRETE MONOLITHS; SULFUR MUSTARD;

CONCRETES; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

SULFUR;

(2 CHLOROETHYLTHIO)ETHYL ETHER; BIS(2 CHLOROETHYL)SULFOXIDE; CONCRETE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; MUSTARD GAS; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCRETES; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR;

CONCRETE; DEGRADATION; DETECTION METHOD; EXTRACTION METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DANGEROUS GOODS; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SAMPLE; SOLID STATE MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUSTARD GAS; SULFONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33847056642     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.09.067     Document Type: Article

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