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doi:10.5937/str2401003V
Vol. 74, No.1(2024), Pages:
3-10
Impressum
Contents
Investigating
Possibilities and Recent Trends for the Development of Novel
Decontamination Technologies
Maja D. Vitorović-Todorović
Tamara B. Vujatović-Velimirov
Despite
international prohibition of chemical warfare agents (CWAs), defined
in Chemical Weapons Convention, recent events during military
conflict in Syria and isolated events in Salisbury (UK) and Kuala
Lumpur (Malesya) airport prove that these agents still pose a major
threat for civil society. In parallel with the development of CWAs
and systems for their dissemination, various materials and
accompanying technologies for their neutralization and
decontamination were developed. However, to this date, no universal
decontamination agent and technology has been developed that meets
all quality requirements. In this article, we briefly reviewed all
commercially available decontamination products, discussed their
effectiveness in various scenarios, and considered their potential
comparative advantages and drawbacks. Along with this, we reviewed
novel materials and technologies, from common oxidizing and
hydrolysing chemicals to metal-organic frameworks and
nanotechnologies that show potential for the industrial development.
Key words: chemical warfare agents, nerve agents, blister
agents, decontamination technologies, hydrolysis, oxidation,
nanotechnologies.
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