Can the activated carbon that is currently used in NBC protective wear be replaced

Solid State Phenomena

Volumn 136, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-22

  Ramaseshan, Ramakrishnan ^a   Liu, Ying Jun ^a   Sundarrajan, Subramanian ^a   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Division of Bioengineering   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chemical warfare agents; Detoxification; Electrospinning; Nanofibers

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHARCOAL; CHARGE DENSITY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DECONTAMINATION; FIBER OPTICS; INCINERATION; MANUFACTURE; MILITARY OPERATIONS; OXYGEN; PAPER; PIGMENTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACES; TECHNOLOGY; WEIGHING;

(060.2410) FIBERS; ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES; BREATHABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELECTROSPUN; ELECTROSPUN MATERIALS; FABRICATION METHODS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; IN-SITU; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LARGE SCALES; LARGE SURFACE AREA; LIGHT WEIGHTING; NANO SIZES; NANO-SIZED STRUCTURES; NANOSTRUCTURED CERAMICS; PROTECTIVE WEAR; REACTIVITY (CHEMICAL); SURFACE CHARGE DENSITIES; WARFARE AGENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 45749145847     PISSN: 10120394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/3-908451-50-7.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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