Nanocellulose-Based Filters as Novel Barrier Systems for Chemical Warfare Agents

Current world events have made several countries as a target for terrorism. Chemical weapon such as nuclear weapon is commonly referred as a weapon of mass destruction. Organophosphorus (OP) compounds have long been used as pesticides and developed into warfare nerve agents such as tabun, soman, sar...

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Veröffentlicht in:Solid state phenomena 2021-05, Vol.317, p.180-186
Hauptverfasser: Ernest, Victor Feizal Knight Victor, Kasim, Noor Azilah Mohd, Jamal, Siti Hasnawati, Ahmad Shah, Noor Aisyah, Yunus, Wan MD Zin Wan, Norrrahim, Mohd Nor Faiz
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Zusammenfassung:Current world events have made several countries as a target for terrorism. Chemical weapon such as nuclear weapon is commonly referred as a weapon of mass destruction. Organophosphorus (OP) compounds have long been used as pesticides and developed into warfare nerve agents such as tabun, soman, sarin, and VX. They are highly toxic and considered to be the most dangerous chemical weapons. Development on the protection material against OP compounds has gained interest among researcher. Nanocellulose has shown a great potential for high-performance filtration material due to its interesting characteristics such as high adsorption capacity, large surface area, high strength, renewable, chemical inertness, and versatile surface chemistry. Therefore, the evaluation of the chemical interaction between nanocellulose and organophosphorus is important. The analyses of fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis), and elemental analysis were carried out in this study. It was found that the nanocellulose is capable to adsorb OP compound by forming the hydrogen bonding. The adsorption rate was increased as the nanocellulose concentration increased. This is the initial step to discover the potential of nanocellulose to be used in military protection mask.
ISSN:1012-0394
1662-9779
1662-9779
DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.317.180