Decontamination of adsorbed chemical warfare agents on activated carbon using hydrogen peroxide solutions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 10912-10918

  Osovsky, Ruth ^a   Kaplan, Doron ^a   Nir, Ido ^a   Rotter, Hadar ^a   Elisha, Shmuel ^a   Columbus, Ishay ^b  

^a Department of Physical Chemistry ^*  (Israel)

^b ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; DECONTAMINATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROPOROSITY; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES;

ADSORBED SULFUR; BASIC SITES; CARBON SURFACE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MICROPOROUS ACTIVATED CARBONS; NERVE AGENTS;

CHEMICAL WARFARE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; MUSTARD GAS; SARIN; CHARCOAL; METHYLPHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACID S (2 DIISOPROPYLAMINOETHYL) O ETHYL ESTER; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DECOMPOSITION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION; SULFUR COMPOUND; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AIR FILTER; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HYDROLYSIS; LITERATURE; OXIDATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLVATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DECONTAMINATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUSTARD GAS; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SARIN; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84924777643     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502981y     Document Type: Article

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