REPORT ON THE STATUS OF AUTOMATIC AND CONTINUOUS WARNING EQUIPMENT AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS IN THE AIR

Abstract

IN A LETTER TO THE (German) Federal Office of Military Engineering and Procurement (Bundesamt fur Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung) the CAP Company reports on the status of their study of the differentiation between organic and inorganic particles by means of fluorochrome staining. It was found that the procedure described definitely makes it possible to clearly differentiate between talcum and yeast particles, with Acridine Orange being the most suitable fluorochrome for this purpose.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0293206

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acridines
  • Biological Warfare
  • Biological Warfare Agents
  • Corporations
  • Dyes
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Fluorophores
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • High Pressure
  • Light Sources
  • Military Engineering
  • Monochromatic Light
  • Particles
  • Surface Properties

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  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Snow Cover Descriptors for Reptiles and Their Illustrations.