Corrosion and Chemical Agent Destruction
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Abstract
Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) is a developing technology for the destruction of hazardous and nonhazardous wastes. General Atomics and its subcontractors are currently conducting two comprehensive research and demonstration programs geared toward the destruction of Department of Defense (DoD) wastes utilizing SCWO technology. Wastes of primary interest include chemical agents and solid propellants. Corrosion testing performed in support of these programs identified platinum and titanium as candidate reactor construction materials. Kinetics testing emphasized chemical agent destruction. Kinetics results for chemical agents show destruction and removal efficiencies for GB, VX, and mustard agents to be in excess of 99.9999%, limited only by detection capability.