Technical Feasibility Study of an Effective Low-Toxicity Obscurant Material

Abstract

The composition made were containing various amounts of NaClO3, cellulose, CaCO3 and Mg (from two different sources). From the laboratory scaled tests the composition named "11EM0745" was are the best performing composition made. When these compositions are compared to the benchmark obscurant compositions (HC smoke, red phosphorus smoke, and TPA smoke) it is concluded that the transmissions through the smoke of the new sea-salt compositions are much higher compared to the HC and RP smoke, but lower compared to the TPA smoke. The smoke from developed compositions are less toxic than the HC, RP and TPA smokes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA568857

Entities

People

  • Dinesh R. Ramlal
  • Jan P. Langenberg
  • Marcel J. Alblas
  • Rutger Webb

Organizations

  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cellulose
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Chlorides
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Detectors
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Energetic Materials
  • Hand Grenades
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Microscopes
  • Obscurants
  • Optical Detectors
  • Particle Size
  • Perchlorates

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Forest Ecology
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.