CHEMICAL-MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY STUDY WITH INITIAL DECON GREEN FORMULATION

The army is currently developing Decon Green, a thorough decontaminant intended to be more effective, environmentally friendly, applicable to an extreme temperature range, and more material-compatible than the standard decontaminant DS2. The objective of this study was to compare the effects of Decon Green on thermoplastics and rubbers of military interest with the effects caused by DS2. These effects were observed by comparing physical properties of test specimens before and after exposure to both decontaminants. Percent weight gain, percent extraction, solubility corrected for extraction, rate of decontaminant sorption, and changes in hardness, appearance and volume were noted. It was found that DS2 affected materials to a greater degree than Decon Green