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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
George W. Wagner, Elkton, MD (US);
Lawrence R. Procell, Edgewood, MD (US);
Yu-Chu Yang, Bel Air, MD (US);
Clifford A. Bunton, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62D 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A62D 3/00 ;
Abstract
A process for the decontamination of chemical warfare agents. More particularly, a process for the decontamination of the vesicant HD by oxidation to its corresponding sulfoxide and nerve agents VX and GD by perhydrolysis to their non-toxic phosphonic acids using environmentally safe reactants, specifically a peroxomolybdate compound having a dominant tetraperoxomolybdate species and peroxy anion.