119th General Meeting of the KCS

Type Poster Presentation
Area 환경에너지
Room No. 포스터발표장
Time 4월 20일 (목요일) 11:00~12:30
Code ENVR.P-488
Subject Fate of mustard gas after application to the soil surface
Authors 정현숙
국방과학연구소 화생방부, Korea
Abstract After application of mustard gas (HD) to the soil surface, its possible fate follows evaporation, absorption, and degradation. Using a laboratory-sized wind tunnel, thermal desorber in combination with gas chromatograph-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS), and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance, systematic analysis of the fate of HD was performed. The results show that a drop of neat HD deposited on the soil surface evaporated slowly while being absorbed immediately into the matrix. The initial evaporation or drying rates of the HD drop were power-dependent on its initial drop volume with the smaller drops evaporating relatively quicker. HD absorbed into the soil remained for a month, degrading eventually to nontoxic thiodiglycol via hydrolysis through the formation of sulfonium ions.
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