Biocidal properties of anti-icing additives for jet aircraft fuels. Final report
As part of an effort to find an improved anti-icing additive for jet aircraft fuel the anti-microbial activity of five glycol ether compounds was examined and compared with the currently used additive, 2-methoxyethanol. Cladosporium resinae, Gliomastix sp., Candida sp., and Pseudo-monas aeruginosa were used as assay organisms. Diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, triethylene glycol monomethyl ether, and triethylene glycol monoethyl ether had approximately the same biocidal and biostatic properties as 2-methoxyethanol and appear to be suitable jet-fuel additives as far as the antimicrobial function is concerned. A relatively higher biocidal potency was shown by 2-propoxyethanol and 2-butoxyethanol, possibly because of their greater surface activity; however, nonbiological considerations preclude their use as fuel additives. (GRA)
- Research Organization:
- Naval Research Lab., Washington, D.C. (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7339656
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-022839; NRL-MR-3230
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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