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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2009
Louise C. Sengupta, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Idan Mandelbaum, Columbia, MD (US);
Yeshayahu Shyke Goldstein, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Tadd Kippany, Mt. Airy, MD (US);
Louise C. Sengupta, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Idan Mandelbaum, Columbia, MD (US);
Yeshayahu Shyke Goldstein, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Tadd Kippany, Mt. Airy, MD (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
A system and method for decontamination of chemical and biological agents over terrain in an outdoor environment is provided that utilizes ultraviolet radiation to break up hydrogen peroxide into radical species that interact with chemical and biological agents to render them harmless. In a preferred embodiment, peroxide is dispersed in a contaminated area and the peroxide is then exposed to ultraviolet radiation that causes the peroxide to dissociate into radical species. The interaction of the radical species formed by the peroxide dissociation with the chemical and biological agents renders them useless.