DUSTY AGENTS IMPLICATIONS FOR CHEMICAL WARFARE PROTECTION

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Subject: DUSTY AGENTS IMPLICATIONS FOR CHEMICAL WARFARE PROTECTION       

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Folder Title: CHEMICAL INFORMATION                                                                            

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                                                                                                    AST@266OZ-055-88
                                                                                                    27 January 1988
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                How    signifirant          is  the     Denetra-       is shown in figure 3.           In a more re-
                tion? (U)                                              cent test, a US-desigried NATO suit
                                                                       was mounted an a maaikin and exposed
                (S) The extent of the penetration                      to an aerosol in a wind tunnel at
                of NATO suits has been investigated                    16 milh.      Figure 4 shows that the
                in a 1985 Canadian study conducted                     concentration of the aerosol measured
                in a test chamber by volurlte        'ers wear-        inside the suit at a particle size
                in.- suits from the United Kingdom,                    of 1.0 ttm was greater than 80% of
                Canada, and the United States.                 The     the challenge concentration.                 Even
                percentage of the I- to 2-vm simulaut                  particles as large as 8- to 10-um
                that penetrated the fabric and was                     show 5% to JOZ of the challenge coa-
                collected on filters inside each suit                  centration inside the suit.



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                                                I TO 2 MICROMETER AEROSOL CHALLENGE
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                                              TYPE OF CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE OVERGARMENT

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                                            Figure 3.     (U) Canadian Aerosol Study










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Declassified = 02-JAN-1997