Analysis of Bis(2-Chloroethyl) Sulfide (HD) Stored in Ton Containers at U.S. Army Soldier Biological Chemical Command. Ton Container Stockpile Survey

摘要

The U.S. Army has to dispose of the U.S. stockpile of chemical warfare agent, HD, contained in bulk containers at Aberdeen Proving Ground (Edgewood Area), MD. The Program Manager, Chemical Demilitarization, Alternative Technologies and Approaches, has implemented a stockpile sampling survey to characterize the chemical agent for gels and impurities to determine if laboratory-scale conditions will need to be adapted and changed to assist in destroying the agent and cleaning out ton containers (TC). Gas chromatography thermal conductivity detection (GC/TCD) and gas chromatography mass spectrometry detection (GC/MSD) were used to determine purity/impurities and to identify gels in the chemical agent. The results and information will be used in bench and pilot-scale design efforts to be incorporated into the TC clean-out, decontamination, and disposal.