Degradation of sulfur mustard and sarin over hardened cement paste

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1553-1558

  Tang, Hairong ^a   Cheng, Zhenxing ^a   Zhou, Liming ^a   Zuo, Guomin ^a   Kong, Lingce ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION ELIMINATIONS; ADSORBED WATERS; DEGRADATION ACTIVITIES; HARDENED CEMENT PASTES; HYDROLYZED PRODUCTS; METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACIDS; SULFUR MUSTARDS;

ACIDS; CALCIUM; CEMENTS; CHEMISORPTION; DEGRADATION; HARDENING; OIL WELL CEMENTING; SULFUR;

WATER CONTENT;

CEMENT; MUSTARD GAS; SARIN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CEMENT; DEGRADATION; LIME; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WATER CONTENT;

ADSORPTION; AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HARDNESS; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSTARD GAS; SARIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 64349096627     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801556r     Document Type: Article

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