A decontamination system for chemical weapons agents using a liquid solution on a solid sorbent

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 161, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1114-1121

  Waysbort, Daniel ^a   McGarvey, David J ^b   Creasy, William R ^c   Morrissey, Kevin M ^c   Hendrickson, David M ^c   Durst, H Dupont ^b  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical weapon; Decontamination; GD; HD; NMR; VX

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ADSORPTION; AGENTS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROSSLINKING; DECONTAMINATION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCOLS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MILITARY OPERATIONS; NEGATIVE IONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORDNANCE; OXIDATION; POLYMERS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLUTIONS; SORBENTS; SORPTION; VAPORS;

CHEMICAL WEAPON; GD; HD; NMR; VX;

SOLID SOLUTIONS;

CARBONIC ACID; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLYBDIC ACID; SOMAN; SORBENT;

ALCOHOL; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL WEAPON; CHLORINE; DETOXIFICATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDATION; POLYMER; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; CARBONATES; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; COSMETICS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DECONTAMINATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LAURIC ACIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHACRYLATES; MOLYBDENUM; POLYMERS; SOMAN; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 56249091381     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.04.083     Document Type: Article

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