ZEMAN, Jiří, Sylvie PAVLOKOVÁ, David VETCHÝ, Zdeněk MORAVEC, Lukáš MATĚJOVSKÝ and Vladimír PITSCHMANN. Development of highly porous metasilicate pellets for unique use in chemical warfare agent detection systems. In 14th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology. 2024.
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Original name Development of highly porous metasilicate pellets for unique use in chemical warfare agent detection systems
Authors ZEMAN, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Sylvie PAVLOKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), David VETCHÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zdeněk MORAVEC (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Lukáš MATĚJOVSKÝ (203 Czech Republic) and Vladimír PITSCHMANN (203 Czech Republic).
Edition 14th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, 2024.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Conference abstract
Field of Study 30104 Pharmacology and pharmacy
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW Webová stránka konference
Organization unit Faculty of Pharmacy
Keywords in English pellets; metasilicate; detection tube; chemical warfare agent; phosgene; diphosgene; porosity; volatile substance; menthol; camphor
Changed by Changed by: PharmDr. Jiří Zeman, Ph.D., učo 387771. Changed: 28/3/2024 10:42.
Abstract
Extrusion/spheronization is one of the many methods of pharmaceutical technology. This method produces highly spherical particles called pellets with a uniform shape and particle size distribution. Such particles can also be used in other scientific fields, for example, in analytical chemistry, where detection reagents can be adsorbed on the surface of the pellets and subsequently used for detection purposes. In practice, they are used as carriers in detection tubes (DTs), which are part of the equipment of some armies and rescue services and are mainly used to detect chemical warfare agents (CWAs). This study aimed to prepare innovative carriers in the form of highly porous composite pellets that would have the above-mentioned properties and also high specific surface area (SSA) and thus be suitable for interdisciplinary applications, especially for second-generation DTs. To achieve that, a mesoporous, amorphous magnesium aluminometasilicate – Neusilin® US2 with high SSA (300 m2/g) was utilized. To form pores and thus further increase the SSA of the prepared pellets, volatile substances (VSs) such as menthol (M) and camphor (C) were added to the powder mixture in various concentrations. Subsequent drying of the samples at 60 °C removed these volatiles, creating pores and increasing the SSA of the carriers. In cooperation with Oritest (Prague, Czech Republic), the most promising samples were subsequently impregnated with o-phenylenediamine-pyronine (PY-OPD) as a second-generation detection reagent and tested for the presence of diphosgene/phosgene.
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VI20192022172, research and development projectName: Detekční trubičky druhé generace pro kontinuální a opakované monitorování nervově paralytických a jiných toxických látek
Investor: Ministry of the Interior of the CR
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