Environmentally Friendly Adhesives and Sealants for Army Applications

Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of mandating the Defense Land Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP) that will affect Army surface coating operations. The Army uses numerous adhesives and sealants among other coating materials that contain significant amounts of HAPs. This work examines a laboratory and weapons platform demonstration of two of the most highly used adhesives/sealants throughout the Army. The adhesives and sealants thrust area of the SPOTA program has identified HAP-free alternatives to Torque Seal, an antitamper sealant. Laboratory testing has shown that HAP-free Torque Seal using ethanol as the lone solvent had similar solids content, viscosity, adhesion, fluid resistance, and weathering relative to the baseline product. Dry time is slightly longer, but not enough to raise any concerns with weapons platforms maintainers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA504166

Entities

People

  • Christopher Stabler
  • Faye R. Toulan
  • Felicia Levine
  • Genie Jones
  • Ivan Davis
  • John J. la Scala
  • Leslie Hasenbien

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesives
  • Air Pollutants
  • Alcohols
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Protection
  • Films
  • Lubricating Oils
  • Materials
  • Methanols
  • Operations Security
  • Organic Compounds
  • Rheology
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Synthetic Rubber
  • Test Methods
  • Volatile Organic Compounds

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.