Organophosphate Nerve Agent Detection with Europium Complexes by Jake R. Schwierking, Laird W. Menzel, E. Roland Menzel

“…We explore the detection of paraoxon, a model compound for nonvolatile organophosphate nerve agents such as VX. The detection utilizes europium complexes with 1,10 phenanthroline and thenoyltrifluoroacetone as sensitizing ligands. …”
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Recovery of Cerium Dioxide from Spent Glass-Polishing Slurry and Its Utilization as a Reactive Sorbent for Fast Degradation of Toxic Organophosphates by Pavel Janoš, Pavel Kuráň, Jakub Ederer, Martin Šťastný, Luboš Vrtoch, Martin Pšenička, Jiří Henych, Karel Mazanec, Miroslav Skoumal

“…The samples annealed at the optimal temperature of approximately 400°C exhibited a good degradation efficiency toward the organophosphate pesticide fenchlorphos and the nerve agents soman and VX. The extraction/precipitation procedure recovers approximately 70% of cerium oxide from the spent polishing slurry. …”
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