Analytical Chemistry Associated with the Destruction of Chemical Weapons [Hardcover]

One of the major problems associated with the disposal of chemical weapons is that the agents have degraded over time, some quite seriously. Detecting and identifying the products of this decomposition are necessary prerequisites to the safe, complete and environmentally benign destruction of stockpiled weapons. The book presents and discusses both basic and novel techniques in a variety of areas of analytical chemistry which are relevant to achieving the ultimate destruction of chemical weapons. Presentations address sample collection and preparation, mass spectrometry, chromatographic techniques, NMR, and air monitoring techniques.
The work shows that analytical methods do exist to effectively support the destruction of chemical munitions. While further research is needed, the book provides an excellent baseline for further advances in the field.Project Swiftsure: Destruction of Chemical Agents at Defence Research Establishment Suffield.- European Experience with the Disposal of Old Chemical Weapons.- Development of Analytical Technologies for the Alternatives to Incineration Program.- Analytical Control for Destruction of Chemical Weapons. Requirements and Organization.- Super Toxic Analytical Glovebox System (STAGS).- On-Site Sample Work-Up Procedures to Isolate Chemical Warfare Related Compounds using Solid Phase Extraction and Solid Phase Microextraction Technology.- Application of Some Modern Sample Introduction Techniques and Poraplot Q GC Column in the Analysis of Volatile Toxic Compounds.- Mass Spectra and Retention Parameters of Some O-Alkyl Methylphosphonic Acids.- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for the Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention.- Chemical Ionization and Electron Impact Mass Spectrometry of Some Methylphosphonothiolates.- GC/MS Investigation of Ethyl S-2-diisopropyl Aminoethyl Methyl-phosphonothiolate (VX) Age Decomposition Products.- GQC GC/MS System: Preliminary Experiences.- System Design Recommelch