Patent ID: 7838476

Claim:
A method for generating a decontamination solution in situ, said solution adapted to decontaminate mustard agents by oxidation and nerve agents by perhydrolysis, comprising the steps of: generating a stable precursor solution comprising aqueous NH 4 HCO 3 in situ by bubbling CO 2 and NH 3 into a container of water, wherein said precursor solution of aqueous NH 4 HCO 3 comprises about 1% by volume to about 50% by volume of the decontamination solution; mixing between about 0.1% by volume to about 15% by volume of polyoxyethylene ether into the precursor solution; mixing between about 0.1% by volume to about 15% by volume of propylene carbonate into the precursor solution; mixing between about 1% by volume to about 50% by volume of propylene glycol into the precursor solution; and mixing between about 1% by volume to about 50% by volume of an aqueous solution of a peroxide component H 2 O 2 into the precursor solution.