Decontaminating agent, noncorrosive

Department of the Army CWS symbol for diphenylchloroatsine Decontaminating agent, noncorrosive, a solution of the compound RH 195 in acetylene tetrachloride CWS symbol for diphenylcyanoarsine, a vomiting gas... 

Another decontaminant problem concerned the noncorrosive decontaminating agent (DANC). The agent was a mixture of solvent, acetylene tetrachloride, and a dry chemical known as RH 195. The... 

McMillin, Chemical Officer, Hawaiian Chemical Depot, was prepared to issue 60,000 service gas masks when, less than an hour after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor began. Colonel Unmacht, department chemical officer, ordered distribution. The departmental CWS also stocked about 90 tons of bleach, no tons of chemicals for impregnating permeable protective clothing, and nearly 2j,ooo gallons of noncorrosive decontaminating agent. Several thousand hand decontaminating apparatus and a completely inadequate supply of personal protective ointment completed the defensive stock. ... 

The search for a noncorrosive decontamination of sensitive material and skin after exposure by toxic chemicals like pesticides and nerve agents, is an important but challenging task. Therefore, the development of cost-effective cleanup... 

Stereoselective enzymatic degradation of nerve agents is also a current issue in developing both novel noncorrosive decontamination systems and new therapeutics making use of recombinant mutated enzymes optimized for fast and exhaustive hydrolysis of most toxic isomers (Blum and Richardt, 2008 Furlong, 2007 Ghanem and Raushel, 2005 Li et al, 2001 Tsugawa et al, 2000). 

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