Commercial Cleaning Products for Chemical Decontamination: A Scoping Study

Abstract

Following a terrorist attack or industry accident, when chemical agents including chemical warfare agents (CWAs) and toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) are released, immediate response and long-term recovery will require the decontamination. In the event of a large scale chemical emergency, although standard/specialized decontamination products are available, they may either not be readily accessible at affected sites or they may be quickly consumed. Thus, first responders and local authorities need as much information as possible on potential decontamination technologies subjected to specific chemical agents. The project aims at assessing the effectiveness of common commercially available cleaning and neutralizing products on a variety of CBRN contaminated surface materials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1004327

Entities

People

  • Wenxing Kuang

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Aqueous Solutions
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Contractors
  • Decontamination Equipment
  • Emergencies
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Families (Human)
  • First Responders
  • Homeland Security
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.