Water Solubility of BIS (2-Ethylhexyl) Hydrogen Phosphite

Abstract

Chemical warfare defense research routinely utilizes simulants for chemical agents. This substitutive approach offers several advantages. Specifically, procedures relying on stimulants can be much less rigid and dangerous than those which use live agents. Simulants, in contrast to lethal agents, can be more readily disseminated in the open environment. Thus, with appropriate non-toxic simulants, one can contaminate a large piece of military equipment, and study the decontamination (simulant removal) of the impacted device in a non-lethal setting. Such a decontamination exercise would be profoundly more difficult if one were to use live chemical agents.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 17, 1991
Accession Number
ADA234561

Entities

People

  • Kia Cephas
  • Robert E. Pellenbarg

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemistry
  • Decomposition
  • Hydrogen
  • Hydrolysis
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Research
  • Molybdates
  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • Phase Separation
  • Physical Properties
  • Solubility
  • Standards
  • Vitamin C

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  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design