Development of Self-Detoxifying Materials for Chemical Protective Clothing; Conference paper

摘要

The U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center has been developing methods to incorporate reactive compounds into chemical protective fabrics to decontaminate G-type agents, VX, and mustard (HD). These reactive compounds include: polyoxometalates, magnesium oxide and modified cyclodextrins. Polyoxometalates (POMs), prepared at Emory University, have been incorporated into activated carbon for use in carbon based fabrics and have also been combined with metal oxide powders and reacted with half mustard, CEES. Catalytic activity of the POM/Carbon, POM/MgO, POM/Al2O3, and POM alone in solution were compared to activities in organic fibers and films. Substituted cyclodextrins that were reported in 1992 to be scavengers and catalysts for the hydrolytic cleavage of the P-F bond in soman were used in this study.