Perspiration Poisoning of Protective Clothing Materials. Part 3. Study of a New Agent Simulant, A Modified Undergarment Fabric and Theoretical Protective Life
Abstract
This report discusses results of experiments on the equilibrium and dynamic adsorption of dichloroethyl ether (DCEE) on carbon-impregnated polyurethane foam, the modification of cotton undergarment fabric and its utilization in the inhibition of the deleterious effects of perspiration on adsorption by protective overgarments, and comparisons of liquid and vapor perspiration poisoning. These results show that vapor in equilibrium with simulated perspiration has no effect on the dynamic adsorption of CC14 vapors. The application of liquid simulated perspiration resulted in a significant decrease in both the amount of CC14 adsorbed by a sample and in the breakthrough time. Modification of cotton undergarment fabric, which was then placed between a sweat source and a sample of the protective foam, produced a material that substantially reduced the deleterious effects of perspiration on CC14 adsorption by the foam. The most successful modification of fabric was that in which weakly basic ion exchange substituents were grafted to the cellulose chain.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA098793
Entities
People
- J. K. Ferrell
- R. W. Rousseau
Organizations
- North Carolina State University