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All-Weather Hydrogen Peroxide-Based Decontamination of CBRN Contaminants

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George W. Wagner*^†, Lawrence R. Procell^†, David C. Sorrick^†, Glenn E. Lawson^‡^§, Claire M. Wells^‡, Charles M. Reynolds, David B. Ringelberg, Karen L. Foley, Gregg J. Lumetta and David L. Blanchard, Jr.

U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-5424, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia 22448-5150, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-1290, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington 99352

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2010, 49 (7), pp 3099–3105

DOI: 10.1021/ie9019177

Publication Date (Web): March 11, 2010

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Current address: DTRA, 8725 John J. Kingman Rd., Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6201.

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Waste Treatment and Disposal

Abstract

A hydrogen peroxide-based decontaminant, Decon Green, is efficacious for the decontamination of chemical agents VX (S-2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl O-ethyl methylphosphonothioate), GD (Soman, pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate), and HD (mustard, bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide); the biological agent anthrax (Bacillus anthracis); and radiological isotopes ¹³⁷Cs and ⁶⁰Co; thus demonstrating the ability of this decontamination approach to ameliorate the aftermath of all three types of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Reaction mechanisms afforded for the chemical agents are discussed as are rationales for the enhanced removal efficacy of recalcitrant ⁶⁰Co on certain surfaces. Decontaminants of this nature can be deployed, and are effective, at very low temperatures (−32 °C), as shown for studies done with VX and HD simulants, without the need for external heat sources. Finally, the efficacy of a lower-logistics, dry decontaminant powder concentrate (utilizing the solid active-oxygen compounds peracetyl borate and Peroxydone) which can be reconstituted with water in the field prior to use, is presented.

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