- Author
- Nelson, C. N. | Henry, N. W.
- Title
- Performance of Protective Clothing: Issues and Priorities for the 21st Century.
- Coporate
- Asnell Perry, Massillon, OH E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, DE
- Report
- ASTM STP 1386,
- Book or Conf
- Performance of Protective Clothing: Issues and Priorities for the 21st Century. Proceedings. Seventh (7th) Volume. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). ASTM STP 1386. June 28-30, 1999, ASTM, West Conshohocken, PA, Seattle, WA, Nelson, C. N.; Henry, N. W., Editors, 596 p., 2000
- Keywords
- protective clothing | protective equipment | flammability | chemical hazards | thermal protection | heat stress | comfort
- Identifiers
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); new developments in protective clothing; predicting product performance; biological hazard; thermal protective assessment: manikin and sweating hot plate
- Abstract
- This volume is a compilation of 40 peer-reviewed papers from the Seventh International Symposium on Protective Clothing held June 28-30, 1999 in Seattle Washington. It represents a continuation of two decades of symposia sponsored by ASTM Committee F23 on Protective Clothing. The theme of the seventh symposium, "Issues and Priorities for the 21 s'Century," provided a venue for discussions of developments in protective clothing and standards that will influence worker safety in the year 2000 and beyond. The symposium opened with an excellent keynote address on the use of hardsuits for submarine rescue missions, an unique underwater workplace environment with extreme pressures and cold temperatures. Presenters of session papers and posters came from several European countries as well as the United States of America. Their contributions to the symposium reflected emerging technologies and concerns in the following topic areas:(*) New developments in protective clothing materials and finishes, (*) Predication of performance or useful lifetime of protective clothing, (*) Thermal protective assessment as determined by bench and manikin techniques, (*) Barrier properties of protective clothing materials against biological hazards, (*) The effect of use factors such as compression on protective properties and (*) Heat stress and comfort in thermal protective clothing. These issues will influence worker safety beyond the year 2000 and also reflect broader concerns such as the need for continued international development of standards and the importance of protective clothing to defending against chemical, biological and radiological warfare.