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Foam decontamination

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-011410

A decontaminant for chemical and biological agents and radiological particles, and has blast mitigation applications. Decontamination foam is chemical solution, dispensed as a foam or a liquid, which destroys known military chemical and biological agents and holds radiological particles in suspension.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-011410
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEnvironmental technologies
ReferencesAdapted from EPA Technology Information Summary, Surface Decontamination Foam at a Glance at http://www.epa.gov/nhsrc/pubs/TISSurfaceDecontaminationFoam.pdf
Record as JSON
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  "term": "Foam decontamination",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Foam Decontamination",
  "definition": "A decontaminant for chemical and biological agents and radiological particles, and has blast mitigation applications. Decontamination foam is chemical solution, dispensed as a foam or a liquid, which destroys known military chemical and biological agents and holds radiological particles in suspension.",
  "subject": "Environmental technologies",
  "references": [
    "Adapted from EPA Technology Information Summary, Surface Decontamination Foam at a Glance at http://www.epa.gov/nhsrc/pubs/TISSurfaceDecontaminationFoam.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/foam-decontamination/"
}

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