All-weather hydrogen peroxide-based decontamination of CBRN contaminants

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3099-3105

  Wagner, George W ^a   Procell, Lawrence R ^a   Sorrick, David C ^a   Lawson, Glenn E ^b,c   Wells, Claire M ^b   Reynolds, Charles M ^d   Ringelberg, David B ^d   Foley, Karen L ^d   Lumetta, Gregg J ^e   Blanchard Jr , David L ^e  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Naval Surface Warfare Division   (United States)

^c DTRA   (United States)

^d US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL AGENT; DECONTAMINANTS; HEAT SOURCES; REACTION MECHANISM; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES; WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTIONS;

BACTERIOLOGY; CESIUM; DECONTAMINATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

EID: 77950511048     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9019177     Document Type: Article

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