Analysis of Marine Biota for Chemical Warfare Materials by Means of a Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometer System

Abstract

The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center's (ECBC) Directorate of Program Integration Environmental Monitoring Branch developed a procedure and conducted a Method Detection Limit (MDL) study for the analysis of Chemical Warfare Materials (CWM) in Fish Tissue in support of the Hawai'i Undersea Military Munitions Assessment (HUMMA) project. The scope of ECBC's study included developing new methodology to detect, accurately quantitate, and find the Limit of Quantitation for detecting the CWM Lewisite, Mustard, and it's breakdown products 1,4-Dithiane and 1,4- Thioxane; and extracting and analyzing samples collected in the HUMMA assessment area for CWM. Data from the MDL study and sample analysis are included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA536678

Entities

People

  • Brandon E. Dusick
  • John L. Schwarz
  • Michelle L. Avila

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chromatographs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Environmental Protection
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Mass Spectra
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mass Spectroscopy
  • Materials
  • Monitoring
  • Munitions
  • Spectrometers
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.