Detoxification of Chemical Warfare Agents From WWI to Multifunctional Nanocomposite Approaches /

• Main Authors: Giannakoudakis, Dimitrios A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Bandosz, Teresa J. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Nanotechnology.; Environmental chemistry.; Catalysis.; Chemistry-History.; Environmental Chemistry.; History of Chemistry.

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 nan...

Table of Contents:

• 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.