- Author
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McCord, M. G.
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Brown, J. Z.
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Deaton, A. S.
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Barker, R. L.
- Title
- Comfort and Barrier Effectiveness of Microporous Films and Laminates.
- Coporate
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh
Precision Fabrics Group Inc., Greensboro, NC
- Report
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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,
87-101 p.,
2000
- Keywords
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protective clothing
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protective equipment
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films
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laminates
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comfort
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b arriers
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effectiveness
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fabrics
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permeability
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experiments
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test methods
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ASTM F 1670
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penetration
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blood
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equations
- Identifiers
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM); barrier fabrics; surgical gowns; microporous films; Moisture Vapor Transport Rates (MVTR); synthetic blood penetration; liquid and viral penetration; modified ASTM F 1670 results using synthetic blood
- Abstract
- Microporous films used to reinforce barrier fabrics were tested for permeability to synthetic blood and comfort parameters. One film was tested as a finished product, laminated to a nonwoven substrate and treated to reduce surface wettability. Another film was tested with a range of adhesive coating levels to investigate the effect of adhesive on liquid penetration and thermal insulation. Synthetic blood penetration pressures and comfort parameters were evaluated. The barrier performance of the film and the finished fabric it reinforced were significantly different. There was no obvious difference between synthetic blood penetration pressures for the films with different adhesive coating levels, but there was a significant difference in the comfort indices between the films with no adhesive and those with high levels of adhesive coverage.