AEROSOL DISSEMINATION ASSESSMENT.

Abstract

The report describes a program to develop, design, and fabricate an integrated chamber aerosol assessment system. Its primary application will be in the area of testing and evaluation of the dissemination of chemical agents in which the mass concentration and chemical and physical properties of the aerosol clouds must be defined accurately to predict aerodynamic transport and physiological effects. For optimum utilization, sensor outputs are to be integrated and automated insofar as practical with the added requirement that all measurements relate to real time. During this period, theoretical approaches for measurement of aerosol electrical charge effects were developed and preliminary instrumental calibrations and measurements were performed. A discussion of proposed scaling factors to be used as guides in maintaining stirred settling in chambers, irrespective of size, is also presented. The relationship between aerosol sampling and size assessment techniques and the bioeffectiveness of chemical agents is discussed. Studies were continued on mathematical inversions of mass decay data and the analysis of organophosphorous compounds by flame photometry. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0826181

Entities

People

  • Arnold W. Doyle
  • Carlton O. Hommel
  • John F. Mccoy
  • Paul Morgenstern
  • Richard Dennis

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Calibration
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Inversion
  • Measurement
  • Photometry
  • Physical Properties
  • Physiological Effects
  • Sampling
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Ships

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design