ANALYSIS EVALUATION OF CLOTHING AND GAUZE SAMPLES

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Subject = ANALYSIS EVALUATION OF CLOTHING AND GAUZE SAMPLES               

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         SMCCR-RSL (70-1p)            UNCLASSIFIED

         MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD

         SUBJECT: Analysis/Evaluation of Clothing and Gauze Samples (U)


         1. ,
             V* On 11 March 1991, a shipment was received by Analytical
         Research Division, Research Directorate, for analysis. The
         shipment was orginally received at U.S. Army Chemical Research,
         Development and Engineering Center on 7 March 1991 and stored in
         the Central Toxic Facility (CTF) due to problems with engineering
         controls. The shipment, in a wooden box, consisted of two
         packages containing seven items and was designated as DS002,
         Figures I and 2. The first package (DS002-1), overwrapped four
         times in bags containing Vermiculite, consisted of a flak jacket
         (DS002-lA), Figures I and 2, a Nomex zippered shirt (DS002-IB),
         Figures 3 and 4, a silicone wheel of the type used in an NBC
         reconnaissance vehicle (DS002-IC), and a pair of rubber
         protective gloves (DS002-lD), Figure 5. The second package
         (DS002-2), also overwrapped in bags, contained two zip-lok bags.
         The first zip-lok bag contained a several-layered piece of gauze
         with a yellowish discoloration on the top center piece (DS002-
         2A), Figure 6. The second zip-lok bag contained a small plastic
         snap top vial with a piece of olive material (marked coveralls)
         insid@- (DS002-2B), Figure 6, a readout from the NBC
         reconnaissance vehicle, and an envelope with additional readouts
         from the vehicle.
         2. AO;k The vapor in equilibrium with the inside of the bag of
         clothing was sampled and was analyzed by gas chromatography/mass
         spectrometry (GC/MS). The vapors in equilibrium with the inside
         of the zip-lok bag containing the gauze pad and also the plastic
         container with the coverall material were also sampled and
         analyzed by GC/MS techniques. Portions of the following items
         were removed and extracted with deuterated chloroform and
         deuterated water:

                              Item               Identification

                   Flak jacket, upper left
                    shoulder, front                 DS002-lAl, -IA2
                   Nomex shirt, left wrist area     DS002-lBL
                   Nomex shirt, right wrist area    DS002-IBR
                   Nomex shirt, upper left arm      DS002-lBLUA
                   Gauze pad                        DS002-2A
                   Olive coverall material          DS002-2B
                                              DECLASSIFIED
                                              ON: 24 JUN 97
                                              BY: SEC ARMY (DAMH) UNDER
                                             @EC 3.4 EO 12958
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