Next-generation nonparticulate dry nonwoven pad for chemical warfare agent decontamination

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9889-9895

  Ramkumar, Seshadri S ^a   Love, Adam H ^b   Sata, Utkarsh R ^a   Koester, Carolyn J ^b   Smith, William J ^b   Keating, Garrett A ^b   Hobbs, Lawrence W ^c   Cox, Stephen B ^a   Lagna, William M ^d   Kendall, Ronald J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Hobbs Bonded Fibers   (United States)

^d EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION EFFICIENCIES; BLISTER AGENTS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; COMPOSITE FABRICS; DRY FABRICS; HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS; HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC; INNER LAYERS; MULTIPLE LAYERS; NON-WOVEN; SULFUR MUSTARDS; TEST RESULTS;

ADSORPTION; AGENTS; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DECONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LIQUIDS; NONWOVEN FABRICS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SULFUR; TOXIC MATERIALS; WEAVING;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EID: 64549085264     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801223b     Document Type: Article

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