EFFECTS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES ON CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

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Subject: EFFECTS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES ON CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT      

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Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

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        160  DEGREES'FAHRENHEIT.   THERE IS NO  CORROSION Td  THESE ITEMS IN'DRY

        ENVIRMENTS.

        6.   (U) THE MBAI CHEMICAL   AGENT ALARM CAN BE STORED AT TEMPERATURES

        UP TO 150 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

        7. (U) THE DECONTAMINANT STB IS STABLE UP TO TEMPERATURES OF 150

        DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
        Stu@      THE MZ58AI PERSONAL DECONTAMINATION KIT CARRIES A
        RESTRICTION THAT IT NOT BE STORED AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 110 DEGREES
        FAHRENHEIT. THE REASON IS THAT PACKET NO. 2, CHLORAMINE B. IS NOT

        THERMALLY STABLE. EXPOSURE TO CONTANT, REPEAT CONSTANT, TEMPERATURES

        GREATER THAN 110 DEGREES FOR MORE THAN 2 WEEKS CAN CAUSE THE CHEMICAL

        BREAKDOWN OF CHLORAMINE B AND POSSIBLY THE PHYSICAL BREAKDOWN OF THE

        TOWELETTE RENDERING THE PACKET 2 USELESS FOR DECONTAMINATION.

        DETERATION IS INDICATED BY SWELLING OF PACKET 2. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR

        TESTING TO DETERMINE IF THE M258AI PACKET 2 IS ACCEPTABLE FOR

        DECONTAMINATION ARE AS FOLL6WS:
        A(@       INDIVIDUAL SOLIDERS SHOULD INS  PECT KITS WEEKLY. WAREHOUSE

        SUPPLIES SHOULD BE INSPECTED MONTHLY.
        41J@      REMOVE PACKET 2 FROM CONTAINER.
        c(U@      SOFTLY SQUEEZE EACH INDIVIDUAL PACKET Z WITH FINGERTIPS AND









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Subject = EFFECTS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES ON CHEMICAL DEFENSE
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Declassified = 06-DEC-1996