OPERATION CROSSROADS. ATOMIC BOMB TESTS. VOLUME 5, APPENDIX 8

Abstract

Chemical Warfare test items displayed in normal weather packaging and boxing withstood the effects of the atomic bomb. Dark colored containers were susceptible to the intense heat. Light colored containers, excepting rough wood surfaces, in the same area suffered no damage. Thin pliofilms could not withstand the heat at distances of 2300 yards or less from the blast. Plastics, as used in the containers of CWS Medical Kits, were susceptible to blistering and charring at distances of 1500 yards from the blast. One layer of flashproof cloth did not provide protection from the flash heat. Double and triple layers gave protection as close as 1000 yards.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 27, 1946
Accession Number
AD0367506

Entities

People

  • J. D. Frederick

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Bombs
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Clothing
  • Cyanides
  • Decomposition
  • Detectors
  • First Aid
  • Fungi
  • Gas Masks
  • Incendiary Bombs
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Munitions
  • Nitrites
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Three Dimensional

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  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Materials Science