DEVELOPMENT OF A WATERLESS HAND CLEANER
Abstract
A waterless hand cleaner has been developed by the US Army Natick Laboratories for inclusion in the Civil Defense Sanitation Kit. This sanitation kit, which is described in 'Description, Care, and Handling of Supplies for Public Fallout Shelters (OCD Manual 8520.1),' has an estimated storage life of at least five years. The contents of this kit must satisfy the sanitary requirements of occupants in Civil Defense shelters. The cleaner developed under this study to replace the current product is a paste emulsion of a mineral oil, a hydrocarbon solvent, an amine soap, a humectant, an anionic surfactant, a protective colloid, and a germicide. The cleaner shows good soil removal properties and good storage stability properties at room temperature as well as at -40 F. or -26 F and 155-160 F. This cleaner has microbial inhibitory properties because of the action of the germicide, hexachlorophene. A key- opening band, reclosure-type round can made of hot dipped tinplate or 0.50 pound minimum electrolytic tinplate is recommended for packaging the cleaner. The seam-sealing compound must be inert to the cleaner and solvent.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0835921
Entities
People
- George J. Merritt
- Theodore Kapala
Organizations
- United States Army Soldier Systems Center