Environmental chemistry of chemical warfare agents
- Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, TX (United States)
This paper summarizes the approach used in the preparation of a Handbook for the Corps of Engineers, Huntsville Division, on the environmental chemistry of chemical warfare agents. The agents GB and HD will be used to illustrate the type of information in the report. Those readers interested in the full report should contact Mr. Arkie Fanning, Huntsville Corps of Engineers at (505) 955-5256. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) has identified approximately 7,200 formerly used defense sites (FUDS) in the United States, some of which are suspected to be contaminated with chemical warfare agents (CWA). The ACE has responsibility for environmental clean-up of FUDS, including site characterization, evaluation and remediation of the site. Thirty-four FUDS and 48 active DOD installations that may contain CWA were identified in an Interim Survey and Analysis Report by the USACMDA Program Manager for Non-Stockpile Chemical Material (NSCM). The chemical agents listed include sulfur mustard (H), lewisite (L), tabun (GA), sarin (GB), VX, hydrogen cyanide (AC), cyanogen chloride (CK), phosgene (CG), BZ, and CS.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 416158
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/M-4315; CONF-9409370-; ON: DE95016127; TRN: 96:006560-0013
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Analytical methods for environmental sampling of chemical warfare agents and their degradation products, Aberdeen, MD (United States), 20-21 Sep 1994; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Analytical methods for environmental sampling of chemical warfare agents and their degradation products; Watson, A.P. [ed.] [Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)]; Kistner, S. [ed.] [Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (United States)]; PB: 180 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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