Advanced Energetic Materials for Agent Defeat: Impact-Driven Reactions in Biocidal Reactive Materials for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Applications

Abstract

Dynamic thermite reactions can produce hot iodine gas, which can destroy spore-forming bacteria. Initial experiments have demonstrated kill ratios of up to 0.9999.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA508254

Entities

People

  • M. Pantoya
  • Rebecca L. Russell
  • Stephan Bless

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Bacteria
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Decomposition
  • Energetic Materials
  • Materials
  • Mixtures
  • Oxides
  • Reactive Materials
  • Silver Oxides
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Thermites
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Microbial Pathology