title: Effect of calcinations temperature of CuO nanoparticle on the kinetics of decontamination and decontamination products of sulphur mustard.
abstract: Present study investigates the potential of CuO nanoparticles calcined at different temperature for the decontamination of persistent chemical warfare agent sulphur mustard (HD) at room temperature (30 ± 2 °C). Nanoparticles were synthesized by precipitation method and characterized by using SEM, EDAX, XRD, and Raman Spectroscopy. Synthesized nanoparticles were tested as destructive adsorbents for the degradation of HD. Reactions were monitored by GC-FID technique and the reaction products characterized by GC-MS. It was observed that the rate of degradation of HD decreases with the increase in calcination temperature and there is a change in the percentage of product of HD degradation. GC-MS data indicated that the elimination product increases with increase in calcination temperature whereas the hydrolysis product decreases.
authors.affiliation: Defense R&D Establishment, Jhansi Road, Gwalior, 474002 MP, India.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Mahato
authors.forename: Beer
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ganesan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vijayaraghavan
mesh_terms: D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods; D009151:Mustard Gas / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents; D003300:Copper; D009151:Mustard Gas; C030973:cupric oxide