OXIDATIVE DECONTAMINATION OF SULFUR MUSTARD USING FORMULATIONS BASED ON HYDROGEN PEROXIDE

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1 Egyptian Armed Forces.

2 Syrian Armed Forces.

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Decontamination process is very important for the detoxification of war gases. Improvement and development of the decontamination solutions is essential since part of them have some drawbacks.
In this paper, a decontamination solution based on hydrogen peroxide, sodium bicarbonate, and sodium molybdate was examind for rapid degasing of S-mustard. The effect of changing the concentration of each constituent on the decontamination efficiency was evaluated. Different formulations in the concentration range (0.2-4) M for hydrogen peroxide, (0.1-1) M for sodium bicarbonate and (0.005-0.02) M for sodium molybdate were examined. Decontamination efficiency achieved about 99.9% for sulfur mustard within 5 minutes. The pH of these solutions were found to be within the range (7.5-8.5).

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