Accession Number:

AD0735451

Title:

Biocidal Properties of an Anti-Icing Additive

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Hendey, N. I.
• Bagdon, V. U.
• Ernst, G. E.
• Klemme, D. E.
• Leonard, J. M.

Report Date:

1971-11-15

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

Three laboratories collaborated in evaluating the fungicidal potency of an anti-icing additive for jet fuel. The material is more than 99 2-methoxyethanol. The assay procedure was standardized by mutual agreement among the participants the assay organism was Cladosporium resinae, the most common fungal contaminant of jet fuel. The results are in fairly good accord, and though the test was not intended to represent field conditions of use, the data indicate that the additive is lethal to the fungus at concentrations easily attainable in the various water bottoms of fuel-handling systems.

Descriptors:

• *FUNGICIDES
• *DEICING MATERIALS
• BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION
• FUNGI

Subject Categories:

• Microbiology
• Combustion and Ignition

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE