COVER SHEET FOR DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION

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Folder Title: USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL SKIL PROTECTANT                                           

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                        Soldiers use the Mg Chemical Agent Detector Paper to detect droplets of liquid chemical agents.
                   They attach the Mg Paper to their protective clothing and equipment. Red spots appear on the paper ff
                   droplets of agent contact the surface. The ICD 1536 cream does not give any false positive responses
                   on the Mg Paper. The soldiers should avoid contaminating the surface of the paper with the ICD 1536
                   cream; this may prevent the paper from responding to agent (false negative responses could occur).

                        Soldiers use the M8 Chemical Agent Detector Paper to detect the presence of liquid chemical
                   agents. The paper does not have an adhesive backing, so the soldiers must hold the paper In their
                   hands and touch the papeo to the suspected contaminated surface. The paper will turn yellow H h
                   comes In contact with G-agents, red for mustard, and green for VX. The ICD 1536 cream will turn the
                   paper yellow. The soldiers have to Green,       ICD 1--13@ --ream f7on            li,.e
                   false positive indication for G-agents will occur.

                   B. Information to Date.

                      M8 Chemical Agent Detector Paper: Thirty sheets of M8 Paper produced by Anachemia Umfted, lot
                   number 36, manufacture date July 1985 were tested. The test was conducted at room temperature, 74
                   degrees F. A small drop of the [CD 1536 cream was placed on each sheol A ye!low-orange color
                   appeared on all sheets within 5 seconds. This Is a false positive Indication for G-agents.

                      M256 Chemical Agent Detector Kft: Five sampler-detectors produced by Chemical Compounding
                   Corporation, lot number 22-101, manufacture date January 1987 were tested. A small amount of the ICD
iccator. Five M256 sampler-detectors were used above
                   the desiccator at room temperature, 74 degrees F. All the spots gave the *safe' Indication. No false
                   positives were observed at room temperature. The test was repeated In an environmental chamber set
                   at 122 degrees F. Five M256 samplers from the same lot as above were tested. A pink color was
                   observed on the blister spot on all sampler detectors. This Is a false positive for phosgene oxime (CX).
                      Mg Chemical Agent Detector Paper Two rolls of Mg paper at room temperature, 74 degrees F were
                   tested. Both ro!ls were manufactured by Anachemia Canada, Inc. One roil was a roll of paper made
                   with B-1 dye (NSN 6665-01-049-M2. lot number ANCSS E008-002, manufacture date of May 1988).
                   The second roll was a roll of paper made with SR1 19 dye (NSN 6665-01-2.26-5589, lot number ANC89
                   F016-002, manufacture date of Aug 1989). A small amount of the [CD 1536 cream was placed on 30
                   places along each roll and no color change was noted.
                       M43Al Chemical Agent Detector: False alarms occurred when sampling vapors off a towel, a heated
                   flask and skin.

                       Ml'Chemical Agent Monitor (CAM): False positive results were seen In the G-Mode (nerve agent) In
                   all vapor sampling tests. No false positive results were observed In the H-Mode (blister agent)
                   throughout testing. The spectra was not changed and the simulant was detected when sampling the
                   ICD 1536 cream vapors.

                       XM88 Detector Unh: The XMBB Is the detector unit for the XM22 Automatic Chemical Agent Alarm
                   (ACADA). This hem was transferred Into full-scale development In Nov 89. The XM22 will
he Chemical
                   Agent Monitor (CAM) as a survey Instrument. The ACADA %Vi;l give a false positive alarm for nerve agent
                   GS. A summary e, the test data for the M43AI, CAM, and XM88 Is presented at Appendbc 1.

                   C. Proposed Future Tasks.
                            1. Determine the effect of long-term (30 minute) exposure to the ICD 1536 cream on the CAM.
                            2. Conduct agent tests with the M256 Kit. the MS Paper and the Mg Paper to determine ff false
                   negative responses will occur.


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