Tent Preservation Project - Demonstration/Validation for Replacement of Aqueous Copper 8 Quinolinolate Treatment of Cotton Webbing With RO-59-WP
Abstract
The Department of Defense (DoD) uses cotton webbing as seam reinforcement on military tents. This material is subject to degradation in both use and storage by exposure to bacteria and fungi in a moist environment. The treatment Copper 8 quinolinate (Copper 8) is currently applied to the webbing to prevent biocorrosion. This report describes a demonstration/validation study of an alternative coating, RO-59-WP, as a potential additive to or replacement for Copper 8, which has been taken off the market several times due to environmental concerns. Tents coated with both the baseline coating (Copper 8 only) and two candidate coatings (RO-59-WP only and RO-59-WP applied over Copper 8) were exposed to three different outdoor environments in the continental United States and were subsequently destructively evaluated for comparison. Performance data were collected and analyzed to validate the effectiveness of RO-59-WP as an alternative to Copper 8. This work was performed by U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC) personnel, in cooperation with Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC), in support of the "Commercialization of Technologies to Lower Defense Costs" (CT/LDC) Task and under the NSRDEC "Mildew Growth/Bio-Corrosion Prevention using an Antimicrobial Coating on Materials Surfaces," program. These efforts were funded through the DoD Corrosion Prevention Control Program.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA487154
Entities
People
- Suzanne E. Bosselman
Organizations
- United States Army Soldier Systems Center