Evaluation of protective garment fabrics challenged by petroleum and synfuel fluids

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6868726

Gammage, R B; Dreibelbis, W G; White, D A; Vo-Dinh, T; Huguenard, J D

The permeations of eight different types of glove by eleven petroleum coal and shale oil hydrocarbon liquids were measured over 24 hours. Two measurement techniques involving photoionization of vapors and room temperature phosphorescence from polynuclear aromatic compounds were used to measure breakthrough times by volatile and low-volatility constituents, respectively. There were serious drawbacks to the general use of these techniques for measuring steady-state rates of permeation. The lighter, smaller molecular-size constituents permeated faster than the larger, multiringed aromatic constituents. For the light hydrocarbon fuels, especially gasoline, there was preferential permeation by benzene and toluene. Nitrile was severely corroded after extended exposure to hydroxybenzene-containing coal-derived liquids. A general ranking, from worst to best, of the protection afforded by the different gloves was latex << neoprene < butyl rubber, PVC < nitrile < Viton, Tyvek/Saranex 23, PVA. No breakthroughs within 24 hours were observed with the latter three glove materials. 20 refs., 6 figs., 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (USA); Tennessee Univ., Knoxville (USA); Jefferson County High School, Talbott, TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6868726
• Report Number(s): CONF-870135-2; ON: DE87005687
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
420202* -- Engineering-- Protective Structures &amp; Equipment
AROMATICS
CLOTHING
COAL LIQUIDS
DIFFUSION
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GLOVES
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
IONIZATION
LIQUIDS
MINERAL OILS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PHENOLS
PHOTOIONIZATION
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
SHALE OIL
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TESTING