Accession Number:

ADA020298

Title:

Analysis of Chitin in Contaminated Fuels

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Dec 1973-Jul 1975

Corporate Author:

ARMY MOBILITY EQUIPMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND FORT BELVOIR VA

Personal Author(s):

• Ernst, Gertrud
• Emeric, Dario A.
• Levine, Sidney

Report Date:

1975-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

A test method is described for indicating an early stage of biodegradation fouling of hydrocarbon fuels by fungi and for chemically differentiating a massive fungus contamination from a nonbiological one. The test results may be used to differentiate between corrosion caused by fungi and from other origins. The test method is based on the chemical analysis of chitin, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, which is a cell wall constituent of most fungi.

Descriptors:

• *JET ENGINE FUELS
• *FUNGUS DETERIORATION
• *FUEL CONTAMINATION
• TEST METHODS
• FOULING
• TROPICAL REGIONS
• STORAGE
• QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
• CELLS(BIOLOGY)
• CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
• DIESEL FUELS
• CELL WALL
• BIODETERIORATION
• POLYMERS
• WATER
• CORROSION
• DEBRIS

Subject Categories:

• Fuels

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE