TY - JOUR AU - Beer Singh AU - M.V.S. Suryanarayana AU - S.M. Baronia AU - N.B.S.N. Rao AU - V.S. Tripathi AU - Darshan Lal AU - A.K. Sen PY - 2013/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Evaluation of Chemical Protective Clothing: A Comparative Study of Breakthrough Times with Sulphur Mustard and a Simulant, 1,3-Dichloropropane JF - Defence Science Journal JA - DSJ VL - 50 IS - 1 SE - Armaments & Explosives DO - 10.14429/dsj.50.3339 UR - https://publications.drdo.gov.in/ojs/index.php/dsj/article/view/3339 AB - Carbon-coated non-woven fabrics were evaluated against vesicant sulphur mustard and l,3-dichloropropane (DCP). Breakthrough times of these chemicals were compared andfitted in a linear equation. A correlation, better than 95 per cent was obtained. It is recommended that DCP be used in the valuation and quality control of fabric in the chemical protective clothing manufacturing industries to reduce the exposure and risks of handling lethal chemicals. However,-the clothing may be challenged with actual CW agents to determine their protective potentials, in the laboratory. Diffusion coefficients for DCP were also computed from the breakthrough data for carbon-coated fabric of different grades. ER -