Giannakoudakis D.A., Bandosz T.J. Detoxification of Chemical Warfare Agents: From WWI to Multifunctional Nanocomposite Approaches

Springer International Publishing AG, 2018. — 150 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-70759-4.This book presents a detailed history of chemical warfare development during the First World War and discusses design approaches to gas masks and the performance of new filter materials that decontaminate chemical warfare agents (CWA) when applied in the vapor phase. It describes multifunctional nanocomposites containing zinc and zirconium (hydr)oxides, graphite oxide and silver or gold nanoparticles as reactive adsorbents for the degradation of the CWAs vapors. In addition it examines in detail the surface properties that are most important in the mineralization performance.Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs)
World War I: Militarization of Chemistry
Mustard Gas: The King of CWAs
Current Protection Against CWAs
New Approaches in the Detoxification of CWAs
Path Towards Future Research