Decontamination of chemical warfare agents

B Singh, GK Prasad, KS Pandey… - Defence science …, 2010 - indianjournals.com
Chemical warfare agents (CWA) pose inevitable threat, both to soldiers and civilians. Risk
on contact with these deadly agents can be avoided by neutralisation of their toxic effects. A …

Enhanced adsorption capacity of ZIF-8 for chemical warfare agent simulants caused by its morphology and surface charge

S Oh, S Lee, G Lee, M Oh - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
The effective separation of toxic chemicals, including chemical warfare agents (CWAs), from
the environment via adsorption is of great importance because such chemicals pose a …

Reactions of VX, GB, GD, and HD with Nanosize Al2O3. Formation of Aluminophosphonates

GW Wagner, LR Procell, RJ O'Connor… - Journal of the …, 2001 - ACS Publications
Room-temperature reactions of VX, GB, GD, and HD with nanosize Al2O3 (AP-Al2O3) have
been characterized by 31P, 13C, and 27Al MAS NMR. Nerve agents VX, GB, and GD …

Reactions of VX, GD, and HD with nanosize CaO: autocatalytic dehydrohalogenation of HD

GW Wagner, OB Koper, E Lucas, S Decker… - The Journal of …, 2000 - ACS Publications
Room-temperature reactions of the chemical warfare agents VX, GD, and HD with nanosize
CaO (AP-CaO), and HD with commercial CaO have been studied using solid-state MAS …

Smart textiles of MOF/gC 3 N 4 nanospheres for the rapid detection/detoxification of chemical warfare agents

DA Giannakoudakis, Y Hu, M Florent… - Nanoscale …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Smart textiles consisting of cotton, Cu-BTC MOF and oxidized graphitic carbon nitride, g-
C3N4-ox, nanospheres were synthesized and tested as nerve agent detoxification media …

Nanocrystalline zinc oxide for the decontamination of sarin

TH Mahato, GK Prasad, B Singh, J Acharya… - Journal of hazardous …, 2009 - Elsevier
Nanocrystalline zinc oxide materials were prepared by sol–gel method and were
characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetry, nitrogen …

Analysis of interactions of mustard gas surrogate vapors with porous carbon textiles

DA Giannakoudakis, M Barczak, M Florent… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Four porous activated carbon textiles have been evaluated as protective media against 2-
chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (CEES) vapors, a surrogate of the chemical warfare agent Mustard …

Mesoporous magnesium oxide and its composites: Preparation, characterization, and removal of 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide

AT Vu, S Jiang, K Ho, JB Lee, CH Lee - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
Magnesium oxide and its composites with Fe 2 O 3 or SiO 2 particles were prepared by an
aerogel method for the removal of 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (2-CEES) under ambient …

Reactive adsorption of mustard gas surrogate on zirconium (hydr) oxide/graphite oxide composites: the role of surface and chemical features

DA Giannakoudakis, JK Mitchell… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Zirconium (hydr) oxide and its composites with various amounts of graphite oxide (GO) were
successfully synthesized using a controlled rate precipitation method. This economically …

Nanosized inorganic metal oxides as heterogeneous catalysts for the degradation of chemical warfare agents

C Bisio, F Carniato, C Palumbo, SL Safronyuk… - Catalysis Today, 2016 - Elsevier
Nanosized inorganic metal oxides, such as TiO 2, ZnO, γ-Al 2 O 3, are proposed as
heterogeneous catalysts for the oxidative degradation of chemical warfare agents (CWA) …