A Summary of Wearing Trials of Permeable Protective Clothing
Abstract
This report summarizes the results obtained in four small scale wearing trials of protective clothing carried out in 1942 and 1943. A wearing trial of six suits at the Washington Navy Yard in September 1942 was followed by a trial in March 1943 of thirty-five suits on board a destroyer operating out of Key West. Two trials were run at Bainbridge Naval Training Station, one in June and the other in September 1943. In the first trial a comparison was obtained between CC-2 applied by the solvent process and the impregnites S-461 and S-330. The second trial at Bainbridge was conducted to gain a supply of protective clothing for evaluation in chamber tests. These trials showed that CC-2 clothing would retain more than 0.15 mg.C1+/cm.2 for a period of two to six weeks when worn for 8 hours a day, five days a week, depending upon the weather and the laundering procedure. No adverse effects on wear were caused by introduction of the stabilizer zinc oxide to impregnating systems. Evidence was obtained that the impregnite S-461 had a shorter life span than CC-2. The impregnite S-330 was at least equivalent to CC-2 in retention of chlorine during wear.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 26, 1945
- Accession Number
- AD1193983
Entities
People
- G. M. Gantz
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory