Kinetics of the degradation of sulfur mustard on ambient and moist concrete

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 281-291

  Brevett, Carol A S ^a   Sumpter, Kenneth B ^b   Nickol, Robert G ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

13C SSMAS NMR; H 2TG; HD; Sulfonium ion; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DEGRADATION; ELECTROLYSIS; GLYCOLS; IONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MILITARY OPERATIONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR; TOXIC MATERIALS;

13C SSMAS NMR; H-2TG; HD; SULFONIUM ION; SULFUR MUSTARD;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

1,4 OXATHIANE; 2 CHLOROETHANOL; MUSTARD GAS; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE; THIODIGLYCOL; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCRETE; DEGRADATION; KINETICS; SULFUR;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALF-LIFE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUSTARD GAS;

EID: 57349114321     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.05.033     Document Type: Article

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