Chemistry of destroying chemical warfare agents in flame. Technical project report, April 1994-May 1995
The goal of the research is to increase our understanding of flame chemistry of organophosphorus compounds (OPC). This class of chemicals includes chemical warfare agents. (CWAs) such as the nerve agents GB GD and VX, stockpiles of which in the United States and Former Soviet Union are scheduled for destruction by incineration or other technologies. Although high CWA destruction efficiency has been demonstrated in incinerator tests in the U.S. it is necessary to improve technology for achievement higher efficiency and lower level of pollutants. The knowledge of detailed destruction chemistry of the CWA and simulants can be obtained by studying the structure of flames, doped with simulants and CWA and by the development of the combustion model which will include the chemical mechanism of destroying CWA in flame. Alkyl phosphates and alkyl phosphonates are typical organophosphorus compounds, that are simulants of sarin.
- Research Organization:
- AN SSSR, Novosibirsk (Russian Federation). Inst. Khimicheskoj Kinetiki i Goreniya
- OSTI ID:
- 128295
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-294868/5/XAB; CNN: Contract N68171-94-C-9056; TRN: 52890640
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: May 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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