Mercury transformations in chemical agent simulant as characterized by X-ray absorption fine spectroscopy

Chemical analyses of U.S. stockpiled mustard chemical warfare agent show some agent destined for destruction contains mercury [L. Ember, Chem. Eng. News 82 (2004) 8]. Because of its toxicity, mercury must be removed from agent prior to incineration or be scrubbed from incineration exhaust to prevent release into the atmosphere. Understanding mercury/agent interactions is critical if either atmospheric or aqueous treatment processes are used. We investigate and compare the state of mercury in water to that in thiodiglycol, a mustard simulant, as co-contaminants are introduced. The effects of sodium hypochlorite and sodium hydroxide, common neutralization chemicals, on mercury in water and simulant with and without co-contaminants present are examined using X-ray absorption fine spectroscopy (XAFS).     

SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF TRANSPARENT THIODIGLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE COPOLYMER RESINS

The title compound, thiodiglycol dimethacrylate (TDGDMA), was synthesized from thiodiglycol and methacryloyl chloride by phase transfer catalysis reaction, and its structure was confirmed by FTIR and 1H-NMR analyses. TDGDMA possesses good polymerizability to produce a homopolymer resin with excellent transparency (T%, 90), moderate refractivity (nd20, 1.55), lower dispersivity (Abbe‘s number, 50.6) and higher glass transition temperature (Tg, I19℃). Through copolymerization with styrene (St) or styrene-4,4‘-bismethacryloyloxydiphenylsulfone (BPSDMA), many properties of the copolymer such as refractive index, Abbe‘s number, strength, onset wavelength in the UV region and density were significantly modified. A copolymer resin with balanced properties between refractive index and dispersion was produced at the weight ratio of TDGDMA:St:BPSDMA (25:50:25), where nd20 and Abbe‘s number are 1.5815 and 36.5, respectively.     

Determination of thiodiglycol, a mustard gas hydrolysis product by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after tert-butyldimethylsilylation

A method for determining thiodiglycol (TDG), a mustard gas hydrolysis product in water, serum and urine samples using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) after tert-butyldimethylsilylation (TBDMS) is described. Quantitation of TDG was performed by measuring the respective peak area on the extracted ion chromatogram of m/z 293, using an internal standard, the TDG homologue, thiodipropanol, peak area of which was measured as m/z 321. The presence of salts in the sample solution not only suppressed the loss of TDG by vaporization during the evaporation of water, but also facilitated the rate of production of di-silylated derivative, bis(tert-butyldimethylsilyoxylethyl)sulfide (TDG-(TBDMS)2). Under the pretreatment conditions used, in which 0.5 ml of water sample supplemented with 100 microM potassium chloride was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure, followed by reaction with N-methyl-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide at 60 degrees C for 1 h, TDG-(TBDMS)2 was reproducibly detected with about a 55% recovery and a limit of detection (LOD, scan mode, S/N = 3) of 5.4 ng/ml. TDG was also determined by GC-MS from a 0.5 ml serum sample (after perchloric acid deproteinization) and from a 0.1 ml urine sample, after TBDMS derivatization. The LOD was determined to be 7.0 and 110 ng/ml for serum and urine, respectively.     

水中芥子气水解产物硫二甘醇的分析

建立了水中芥子气水解产物硫二甘醇HLB－H104固相萃取法,应用GC－GC－MS分析鉴定,该法操作简便,灵敏度高,方法回收率可达74％,检出限为0．002mg/L。