Decomposition via diesel engine combustion of 2-chloroethylethyl sulfide and dimethyl methyl phosphonate

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Cheryl Lynn Shaffer, Samantha M. Denstedt, and George Maguire.
A diesel engine was used to combust/decompose 2-chloroethylethylsulfide (CEES), mustard gas stimulant, and dimethyl methylphosphonate, VX simulant. Dilution of DMMP in biodiesel (B100) was a 12.5% in MeOH and B100 (ratio of 4.8 : 95.2). The mustard gas stimulant (CEES) was dissolved in a 1% dilution. Exhaust gasses were trapped with a three stage gas-to-liquid impinger. The CEES samples were analyzed using HPLC with a KNAUER D14163 liquid chromatogram (detector set at 213nm). For DMMP, analysis was conducted via gas chromatography with a thermal conductivity detector.