Joseph F Bunnett

Arsenic and Old Mustard: Chemical Problems in the Destruction of Old Arsenical and `Mustard' Munitions - Nato Science Partnership Subseries: 1 Joseph F Bunnett 237th 1998 edition

Marc Notes: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Chemical Problems Associated with Old Arsenical and 'Mustard' Munitions, odz, Poland, 17-19 March 1996--Verso t.p.; Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Table of Contents: Preface. Structures of Prominent Arsenical and Mustard' Agents. IUPAC Names of Prominent Chemical Warfare Agents. Glossary of Agent Codes and Common Names. The Problem of Old Chemical Weapons which Contain Mustard Gas' or Organoarsenic Compounds: An Overview; R. G. Manley. Destruction of Old Chemical Munitions; D. Froment. Recovered Old Arsenical and Mustard' Munitions in Germany: Technologies, Plans and Problems; H. Martens. Practical Actions of Russia on Preparations for Destruction of Stockpiled Lewisite and Mustard'; S. V. Petrov, et al. Recovered Old Arsenical and Mustard' Munitions in Poland: Technologies, Plans and Problems; Z. Wertejuk, et al. Composition and Remediation of Tarry Mustard'; P. R. Norman. Kinetic and Toxicological Parameters of Mustard' (HD) Hydrolysis and Biodegradation; S. P. Harvey, et al. Arsenic in the Environment; W. R. Cullen. Biotransformation of Arsenic in Freshwater Organisms; S. Maeda. Investigations in Organoarsenic Chemistry; I. Haiduc, L. Silaghi-Dumitrescu. HPLC-ICP-MS Methods for the Determination of Inorganic and Organic Arsenic Compound; W. Goessler, et al. A Method for Mutual Disposal of Old Chemical Weapons; A. L. Chimishkyan. Destruction of Adamsite by Sodium; M. Sokolowski, E. Bilger. Electrochemical and Biological Approach to the Destruction of Lewisite and Mustard'; A. M. Boronin, et al. Reductive Decomposition of Deposits in Old Mustard' Munitions; J. F. Bunnett. Use of Mustard' Aminolysis Products as Catalysts for Polyurethane Foam Production; A. L. Chimishkyan, et al. Breakdown of Sulfur Mustard' by Phase Transfer Catalysed HCl Elimination: A Potential Destruction Method for Mustard' Stocks; E.-C. Koch. Old Mustard' or Yperite Munitions: Methods for Destruction and Container Detoxification; Yperite Discussion Group. Old Arsenical Munitions: Methods for Destruction and Site Cleanup; Arsenicals Discussion Group. On the Handling of Recovered Munitions; Recovered Munitions Discussion Group. Appendices. Author Index. Subject Index. Publisher Marketing: More than ten million poison gas shells, mortar bombs and so forth, lie hidden in Europe, many of them relics from World War I. Some were fired and failed to detonate, others were abandoned in old ammunition dumps. Most retain their load of chemical warfare (CW) agents. They are turned up daily in the course of farming and construction. Many European nations have permanent departments concerned with their collection and destruction."

Contributor Bio:  North Atlantic Treaty Organization Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgments. Clifford Geometric Algebras in Multilinear Algebra and Non-Euclidean Geometries.- Geometric algebra Projective Geometries; Affine and other geometries; Affine Geometry of pseudo-euclidean space; Conformal Geometry and the Horosphere; References. Content-Based Information Retrieval by Group Theoretical Methods.- Introduction; Motivating Examples; General Concept; Fault Tolerance.- Applications, Prototypes, and Test Results; Related Work and Future Research; References.- Four Problems in Radar.-Introduction; Radar Fundamentals; Radar Waveforms; Signal Processing; Space-Time Adaptive Processing; Four Problems in Radar; Conclusions. Introduction to Generalized Classical and Quantum Signal and System Theories on Groups and Hypergroups.-Generalized classical signal/system theory on hypergroups; Generalized quantum signal/system theory on hypergroups; Conclusion; References. Lie Groups and Lie Algebras in Robotics.- Introduction -- Rigid Body Motions; Lie Groups; Finite Screw Motions; Mechanical Joints; Invisible Motion and Gripping; Forward Kinematics; Lie Algebra; The Adjoint Representation; The Exponential Map Derivatives of Exponentials; Jacobians; Concluding Remarks; References. Quantum/Classical Interface: a Geometric Approach from the Classical Side.- Introduction Paravector Space as Spacetime; Eigenspinors; Spin; Dirac Equation; Bell's Theorem; Qubits and Entanglement; Conclusions; References. PONS, Reed-Muller Codes, and Group Algebras.- Introduction; Analytic Theory of One-Dimensional PONS (Welti); Shapiro Sequences, Reed-Muller Codes, and Functional Equations; Group Algebras; Reformulation of Classical PONS; Group Algebra of Classical PONS; GroupAlgebra Convolution; Splitting Sequences; Historical Appendix on PONS; References. Clifford Algebras as a Unified Language.- Introduction; Clifford algebras as models of physical spaces; Clifford Algebras as Models of Perceptual Multicolor Spaces; Hypercomplex-Valued invariants of nD multicolor images; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Recent Progress and Applications in Group FFTs.-Introduction; Finite group FFTs; FFTs for compact groups; Noncompact groups; References. Group Filters and Image Processing.- Introduction: Classical Digital Signal Processing; Abelian Group DSP; Nonabelian Groups; Examples; Group Transforms; Group Filters; Line-like Images; Acknowledgments; References. A Geometric Algebra Approach to Some Problems of Robot Vision.- Introduction; Local Analysis of Multi-dimensional Signals; Knowledge Based Neural Computing; Acknowledgments; References. Group Theory in Radar and Signal Processing.- Introduction; How a Radar Works; Representations; Representations and Radar; Ambiguity Functions; The Wide Band Case; References. Geometry of Paravector Space with Applications to Relativistic Physics.- Clifford Algebras in Physics; Paravector Space as Spacetime; Interpretation; Eigenspinors; Maxwell's Equation; Conclusions; References. A Unified Approach to Fourier-Clifford-Prometheus Transforms- Introduction; New construction of classical and multiparametric Prometheus transforms; PONS associated with Abelian groups; Fast Fourier-Prometheus Transforms; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References. Fast Color Wavelet Transforms.- Introduction; Color images; Color Wavelet-Haar-Prometheus transforms; Edge detection and compression of color images; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References. Selected Problems; Various Authors.- Transformations of Euclidean Space and Clifford Geometric; Algebra; References; On the Distribution of Kloosterman Sums on Polynomials over Quaternions; References; Harmonic Sliding Analysis Problems; References; Spectral Analysis under Conditions of Uncertainty; A Canonical Basis for Maximal Tori of the Reductive Centrizer of a Nilpotent Element; References; 6 The Quantum Chaos Conjecture References; Four Problems in Radar; Topic Index; Author Index