Accession Number:

ADA235874

Title:

The Chemical Resistance of Protective Handwear Available through the Navy's Supply System

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Oct 1989-Sep 1990

Corporate Author:

NAVY CLOTHING AND TEXTILE RESEARCH FACILITY NATICK MA

Personal Author(s):

• Kirsteins, Andra

Report Date:

1991-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

The Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility NCTRF evaluated seven types of chemical protective gloves, available through the Navys supply system, for their chemical resistance against a selected list of 10 hazardous chemicals found aboard ship. The purpose of this study was to generate information that could be used in the development of a material for multi- purpose hazardous-chemical protective handwear. Such a glove would eliminate the need for a variety of gloves in the supply system that are procured for a specific use. It should be noted that these gloves were not tested for their intended uses, since this was not the scope of the study. The study revealed that none of the current gloves protects against all of the tested chemicals. Results from this study further justify the need for the development of a multi- purpose hazardous-chemical protective glove material.

Descriptors:

• *CHEMICALS
• NAVY
• RESISTANCE
• RESEARCH FACILITIES
• SUPPLIES
• CLOTHING
• TEXTILES
• PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
• GLOVES
• CHEMICAL ATTACK(DEGRADATION)

Subject Categories:

• Protective Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE