Jan 16
Materials Meeting presentation by Kim Huynh, PhD research
For the next Materials Meeting:
Kim Huynh, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry will give a presentation about her PhD research, 'Adsorption and Mechanistic Studies of Dimethyl Methylphosphonate for Chemical Warfare Agent Defeat.'
'This presentation discusses the systematic investigation of the current gas mask filtration material, ASZM-TEDA, using deconstruction–reconstruction experiments. Our objective is to not only understand the role of each impregnant but also the factors that influence filter performance and filter lifetime. Chemical warfare agent simulant, dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP), is used in our studies to evaluate the adsorption properties and reactivity of different materials, using temperature programmed desorption (TPD)/quantitative 1H-NMR, combined with inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) bulk analysis.'