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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Applicant:
U.s. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Command, Edgewood, MD (US);
Inventors:
Joseph A. Rossin, Columbus, OH (US);
Gregory W. Peterson, Belcamp, MD (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 3/36 (2007.01); A62D 101/04 (2007.01); A62D 101/02 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A62D 3/36 (2013.01); A62D 2101/02 (2013.01); A62D 2101/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for decontaminating surfaces contaminated with one or more toxic agents. The processes include contacting a contaminated surface with a porous metal hydroxide which rapidly absorbs the toxic agent from the surface, then decontaminates the agent via reactions involving surface functional groups.