Method of safely detoxifying mustard gases

Claim 1

A method of safely detoxifying mustard gases and chemical agents by completing a first reaction with an incandescent pyrophoric metallic powder compounded in a selected, specific formulation to form reaction products and by completing a second reaction including a deflagration reaction to generate extremely high temperatures to bring about thermal deflagration of any unreacted toxic agent and the intermediate products produced by said first reaction with the incandescent pyrophoric metallic powder, said method comprising: (i) providing a chamber capable of being evacuated, said chamber having a predetermined size for receiving and containing munition having a casing for containing mustard gases or toxic chemical agents within said munition casing; (ii) placing said munition within said chamber; (iii) placing a formulation containing an incandescent pyrophoric metallic powder within said chamber, said formulation selected from the formulations A and B set forth hereinbelow as follows: ______________________________________ Formulation A Ingredient Parts by Weight ______________________________________ Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene prepolymer 10 Isophorone diisocyanate (isocyanate - to hydroxyl ratio = 0.95) Pyrophoric metallic powder 35 Ammonium perchlorate (200-Micrometers) 52 Ferric oxide 3 ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Formulation B ______________________________________ Antimony sulfide 15.0% Pyrophoric metallic powder 39.0% Pentaerythritol tetranitrate 5.0% Tetracene 4.0% Lead styphnate 37.0% Gum Arabic (105 milliliters of 1% 0.2% solution per 3.05 Kg of formulation) ______________________________________ (iv) placing an igniter charge in said chamber and in contact with said formulation for igniting said formulation containing said pyrophoric metallic powder; (v) evacuating said chamber; (vi) remotely drilling said munition casing to allow said mustard gases or said toxic chemical agents to escape into said evacuated chamber; and, (vii) igniting said igniter charge thereby initiating the combustion of said formulation containing said pyrophoric metallic powder to accomplish a first and second reaction process, said first reaction process detoxifying said mustard gases or said toxic chemical agents by forming reaction products of said mustard gases or said toxic chemical agents and said pyrophoric metallic powder, and said second reaction process generating higher temperature reactions which enhance the neutralization of the toxicity of said mustard gases and said toxic chemical agents by thermal pyrolysis or deflagration of any unreacted toxic chemical agent and of the intermediate products produced by said reaction with said pyrophoric metallic powder.

Claim 2

A method of safely detoxifying mustard gases and chemical agents by completing a first reaction with an incandescent pyrophoric metallic powder compounded in a selected, specific formulation to form reaction products and by completing a second reaction including a deflagration reaction to generate extremely high temperatures to bring about thermal deflagration of any unreacted toxic agent and the intermediate products produced by said first reaction with the incandescent pyrophoric metallic powder, said method comprising: (i) providing a chamber capable of being evacuated, said chamber having a predetermined size for receiving and containing munition having a casing for containing mustard gases or toxic chemical agents within said munition casing; (ii) placing said munition within said chamber; (iii) placing a formulation containing an incandescent pyrophoric metallic powder within said chamber, said formulation selected from the formulations A and B set forth hereinbelow as follows: ______________________________________ Formulation A Ingredient Parts by Weight ______________________________________ Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene prepolymer 10 Isophorone diisocyanate (isocyanate - to hydroxyl ratio = 0.95) Pyrophoric metallic powder 35 Ammonium perchlorate (200-Micrometers) 52 Ferric oxide 3 ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Formulation B ______________________________________ Antimony sulfide 15.0% Pyrophoric metallic powder 39.0% Pentaerythritol tetranitrate 5.0% Tetracene 4.0% Lead styphnate 37.0% Gum Arabic (105 milliliters of 1% 0.2% solution per 3.05 Kg of formulation) ______________________________________ (iv) placing an igniter charge in said chamber and in contact with said formulation for igniting said formulation containing said pyrophoric metallic powder; (v) evacuating said chamber; (vi) remotely drilling said munition casing to allow said mustard gases or said toxic chemical agents to escape into said evacuated chamber; and, (vii) igniting said igniter charge thereby initiating the combustion of said formulation containing said pyrophoric metallic powder to accomplish a first and second reaction process, said first reaction process detoxifying said mustard gases or said toxic chemical agents by forming reaction products of said mustard gases or said toxic chemical agents and said pyrophoric metallic powder, and said second reaction process generating higher temperature reactions which enhance the neutralization of the toxicity of said mustard gases and said toxic chemical agents by thermal pyrolysis or deflagration of any unreacted toxic chemical agent and of the intermediate products produced by said reaction with said pyrophoric metallic powder.