Developing Precon (Trademark), a Decontamination-Aid Coating; Conference paper

摘要

In a SBIR project funded through the Naval Air Warfare Center (contract N68335-00-C-0326), TDA Research has developed a new coating product to aid in chemical defense. The water-based coating is applied to substrates prior to exposure to chemical agents and facilitates decontamination with a simple water wash should the coated substrates become contaminated. The coating is inexpensive, non-corrosive, non-flammable, and easy to use. When applied to cloth, it does not alter the water-vapor permeation rate through the fabric. After rinsing, coated cloth samples retained less than 1% of the applied GB or HD contamination, whereas uncoated cloth samples retained more than 40% of the applied agent HD even when treated with the oxidizing Sandia roam.