Degradation of sulfur mustard on moist sand as determined by 13C solid-state magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-39

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

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AMSRD ECB RT PD   (United States)

Author keywords

CH TG; Chlorohydrin; H 2TG; H TG; Sulfonium ion; Sulfur mustard; Thiodiglycol

Indexed keywords

EID: 42249090200     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010701799670     Document Type: Article

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