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COMPTES RENDUS CHIMIE
Volume 21, Issue 3-4, Pages 339-345Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2017.08.006
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Chemical warfare agents; Catalytic decontamination; Methanolysis; Cu complex; Zn complex
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- Partnerships in priority S&T domains Programme (PNII), MEN-UEFISCDI) [PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-1468]
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The catalytic methanolysis of the chemical warfare nerve agents soman, sarin, and VX was investigated by using Cu or Zn complexes. Although VX withstood decontamination, the decomposition yield being around 96%, the soman and sarin deposited on different surfaces were almost fully destroyed under ambient conditions. The catalytic tests performed on a wide range of contaminated surfaces confirm the activity of the investigated catalytic systems, these complexes being suitable, from an economical point of view, for use in the formulation of a possible decomposition kit with military or civilian applicability. (C) 2017 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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