Capture of methyl bromide emissions with activated carbon following the fumigation of a small building contaminated with a bacillus anthracis spore simulant

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-153

  Wood, Joseph P ^a   Clayton, Mathew J ^b   McArthur, Timothy ^b   Serre, Shannon D ^a   Mickelsen, Leroy ^a   Touati, Abderrahmane ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b ARCADIS US Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; EFFICIENCY; OZONE LAYER;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORES; LABORATORY STUDIES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE;

FUMIGATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; METHYL BROMIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; CHARCOAL; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ADSORPTION; AERATION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BUILDING; EXHAUST GAS; FLOW RATE; FUMIGATION; GAS; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY; WATER VAPOR; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; PROCEDURES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CHARCOAL; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTANTS; FUMIGATION; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84942614889     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2014.980017     Document Type: Article

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