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FILE NAME: ZK DATE: 196 DOC#: K00 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: PresentationZZWZZZ h&Z K>from the NSC Conference, 196, Vol. 1 . ~.......: , ~ ,,, , (' " '''" .-------.-.. . . - - - --' ~ - .,--------.-~--- ~..... -. I " , ") , , ' , , ..------- "l:-~, 1',~, ,- , , . ' .National. Safety Congress '\ ' ,','. , Transactions'" " '<.. ." ~ ',' VoJumeJ , . I' I \J ... 1 .GENERAL \ .,SESSIONS .'... ,.. '.. , - , ' , " ANNUAL MEETING, OF MEMBERs . . '. - CONGREss BANQUET ' , '. ': , , . LIST OF EXHIBITOllS ' , ,. . ., GENERA:L INDEX 'OF ALL , , VOLUMES '.' .' . ,',! . ,. . :~' r~ nI.' ; ~ :-i., . j ; \ . -I i i ( 1 , " ",./ Iir . ~ t~ , . ~ ~ J j if' i' I ,,:,,: j ~~\\:",~.r..''''''' -.~ ........ , Mic:hi9o~ ~ ~ I NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL'.. ' ,f . , ". 425 N. Avonue. Chicago, Illinois' 60611 '~~4:f1 flfn't ';,ii l . ,~!" - .j ~ " , , 'Iit lrl ' . , .... ,- ".~ ......' ........-~ -. . ~ a"; I'-'=" ' ,National , Safe~y Council ,I " j , i 1. V. GRIMALDI, CClflSldiant, Health, S:!fc:ty & Plant' Protection, General Electric Company, Ne\\' Y[Jrk, New York ' REV. ROIlP-Iff A. GkU~OW, ~()llc()rdja Seminary, St. Louis; Missouri -SA?!UEL R. GUARD, M~nilger, ~f<trkcting Rcsean':h, Chicago SIIII'-' Times and,'Chicauo lJaily NI!1fJS, Chicago, IlIino~ \ Roy HAEU5f.f.R, AutfJ/l1(Jlit'c S:dety Engineer, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan' EOWAflD B. H....C(;EkTY, Intt:rrtatiflllal Safety Represtntative" Intema- fiqna! A,ssodati(Jn of, Fire Fig/lters, Cincinnati, 011;0 , HOWARj) E. HAl.LAS, Vice Prl!~idf'nt-PIll1lic Rda/ion.;, American lfo~ tors Corporation, Deh'oit,"MjciJisfin , R. }.C. ItARl'MAN, A5sistant Manager of Compen,;atioll and Sfi'fety, Bethlehem Steel Corf/oration, Bctfllchem, .Pcntb}'lvotliia :\tREIIT L. HAUCK. lJirec/M, Safety and Pul,lic Hdatiolls, Tran'spor. tatinn UlHlefwritcrs, Inc" Indianapolis, Indiana I nA~II. F. lL\Yr:s. (!lief"Indl/3trial Safcty & Fire l'rol4';ction Brancb, ynited States Atomic Energy OJmmj5~i()n, Was/lington, 1). C. , . R(lfif:iCf C. 11t;NfJ()~, Vice l'rt~illent, lrulustry Affairs.':,TmA Express, New York, New Yorl-; ' .. ' . RuSs(slrra.nI~.cEC.DH!1l1::psa1r'(iyJN, ,ClrJioirltllc:.ltIo; rIoowf aEnginc(>rin~., '(;riIlfWI/ "hltual Uein- DrmM.n M. HrGl;fNIi, lJircctfJr, Health ,~Ild .~'l{ely. ::;ervice, Boy Scouts of America, New Bnlnswj~k, r\ew J~i;..ey , , Rr. REV. ;\'{5(;1(.' (';fJlJ/{;': C. H(u;r NSf fjirtctr;r,' Department of Social Action, National Catliolic We/fare, C(JlJiercnc(',Washingto/l, D. <;. CUAS. R: .]IOI.;JHC/AV, JII., Vice' Peesi(/ent, ~ortll\\le~t Natural Qas pmlpany, Porlland, ()regon PAut. J. 'Ohio H()()Vf:IC, Vice President, ~The' Halle ' Bros. Co" ,Cleveland, c. }L'.kOW R H{J!\f:Af Director of Resenrch. National Associati(JII r.f " Motor BlIs ,Owners, Washjngf(,n. n. W. G. HOTCHKISS, :\1anager-P(~rS6nllel Service, Chrysler ,Corpora- tiofl, Detroit, Michigan ' . I .W. L. HUYfMI\N, Vice J>re~i(le1/t alld Ge1ieral MMager, 'NortJI\..'tstern Bell TeleplHlllt CompallY, Min'nt:aflolis, MilllJes()ta FllrW tanyH, USIv.EattN/e;,,'CWO:fl{sllolitnagti{to,nll 'Dir<;ctor (.f Pcr~ollntf, the Boeing (Jom- , ,.t " OffICERS OF THE ,, , AEROSPACE SECTION NATIONAL SAFETYCOONCIL 1965..66 l. I , , GeuDeirvaJ., CMhaarsirhmalal,nT-Ce. xDa. sATIAw~y""Chie Safety E.ng, .' , Th. iokol Chemical Corp.,,Lon. ghorn. Vi.cOe rCg.h~a7i-1r2m.aS~uHn.nyvJ.aleS,'!OCNaEli,f. C94h0it8f8.Safety Eng,. Loc~heed' '~issiles & S~ce Co., Safety ;----------. .. ---.-._- . - - ----- -- ,. -Secrelary, -TnMllrer-D. A. FR.\SI~~, North American Aviation, Inc.', El Segundo; Calif. il , ....'. , N,ewDsylnelalmericEsdCitodyrp....:;..SBa. nGDAWic:AgoIN, CDaOliNf.N9E2U1,1'C2 hi.ef Safety Eng., Gener~l Atomic Div., General' , . Associate NewsleUer Edilor.r:-J. .' p~g~, ~gIsland. N;, Y.; ]. GhlGAL, Safety W. GU;oN, ]"11.., Eng., Grumman Aircraft Eng. Corp., BethChemical Propulsion Information Agency, Johns Hopkins University, Silver Springs, Md. ." - .. . - . . Senior Program CllOirmn'n-;-W. G. HAVDf;N, Corp., Wasat<:h Div., Drigham -CitY. lltah ' Mgr., , Sae~y & Securi'ty, Thiokol Chemical Progratli 'Chair'man (Ea$O-]. , Washington, D: c. c: C~W\VEll~ Chief Safety Eng., Federal Aviation Agency, I Proora~n Clwirllia'J - (Wesl)-RAn(O~~ A" r\OHWOOD, , Director of Safety, The Boeing Co., . Seatt'~, Waslt. 98124 . .~en'(}r Education and Training J . ClI(~irman-"'FRD TEMPLE, ,Chief' SafetY Eng., Fot~ WO,rth Div., General DynamicsCorp'j' Fort Worth, Texas 76101 ',' Edut,ation {Inti Traifl;ng CI,aiY/IIOtI-C. Inc., C, ocoa Deach, Fla. V. CAIlSON, Mgr. of Safety, Trans World Airlines, . Senior Engineering CIUlirmall-HowARD., p. CU'l1'f.It. Safety Coordinator. Lockl)eed Missile I & Spaee Co.; Vandenberg AFR, Calif, . , . \ ElIgAiliMeclrloillUSlIC(lhpaoirrtmDaenpt(.E, uDfta)-y-t:o-TnaRDR.EeNacCh, FLlAaN. IGAN, Spe, c.ialist. Safety, G' eneral Electric Co., EngNinaeteiorninagl ACehraoinramuatin,cs(S&o1 US{/ihlr)e-j0A1dmmin~iLstraKtAio'Nn,....KH.OSllastfoent.yTOefxfaicser7,70M.18anned Space Center, . , , I Ellf)itltfriny Chqirmat' (Ct'tIlra/}-J, R. CRAWmkD, Section Mgr" Safety Michoud Plant, S{)3Ce: Div., Chrysler 'Corp., New Orleans 26, La. , " , , Afem-Nb'\.eYrl.hilpod. 1C7hai"man-]. M" . Du.utAM' , Si\i<;ty D, irc;.j;to'r,."Martin Ma,rietta Corp., N@w Y(}rk, 35  C I: Senior Indzuifial Hyg;ene C1s~i,man-f{ARRY DoNALDSON, M.gr., Industrial HygIene &' ; . Safety, The B'rush Beryllium Co., Elmore, 9hio, 'I '. Industrial Hygic1Ij! C/w;r11tan-E. G! TlWUTMAN, Safety' Supvr., Westinghouse Electric , &CoSr.p,.!,etAy~stTrobenuBdoeeailr'})g.aCboo.r,aMtoircyh,auPdi,ttLsbau. rgh, Pa. 15236. ; W. ' C.ApP,LEGATE, Ch',ietf-, <lje-a"lth " \r,J ' [ Stathtics olldC{mles/Chair1JU1,I-G. , Genera'J Corp., Sacramento. c~lk M. OlllHOOD, Asst. Mgr., Safety Dept.( Aerojet Off-PToIIwedJeorbCoS.,aM/elaygnCa,hUairtamhan':"-R, W. ~'OTT,' 'Mgr. 10 Safefy, Bac;chus Works, 1i~r,cutes " '\ MilWiJaer.'ylpoRnes,pNru'aeytlylaJDite1pet-.,WWUa.LsIhMinKgIt.onC.25S, EDX.TCO.N, Head, General, Safety, Bureau of Naval LonngamRincnsjuCeonPvJat!iHr,n.Sillagn CI)"iaeigmol,a.c~a-l*iJf.i)9}2{1N12 W'... GARI1I50N, Chief Safety Eng., GeneralDy- Nominatinu CO,mmillce Clwirman-tC. D. ATTAWAy,'Chief Safety Eng., Thiokol Chemical '. . i Corp., Longhorn, Div., Marshall, Texas; ;;'JOlpt Vv. GAldIISON, alief Safety Eng., Gen- eral Dynamics/Convair, San Diego, Calif. 92112; H, J. STON~. Chi~f Safety heed Missiles' & Space Co., Safety Org. 27-12, 'Sunnyvale, Calif. 9-t088 Eng. Lock veo ,Advisory COlltmiltec--*R; WJLKt~S, Mgr., Labor Relations Atltonetics;.A: Division of North American Aviation, Inc., Anaheim, Calif. j . *ROBUT S. 'MooRE, Safety Dir,,' Grumman , Aircraft Eng. Corp., Bethpage, Long I~laf~d, N. Y. j' .I:{(lJ R. Tf;MPJ.E, :Oliei Safety Eng" General Dynamics Corp.,' Fort Worth! Div., Fort Worth, Texas 76101 ; *E: P. MAJIC01'iI, . Mgr., Safety Branch,' ARO Inc., Arnold Air Force Station, Tcnn.: FItANK W. ST~IlR, , Safety Eng., DOllglas Aircraft Co., Inc., Long Beach 8, Calif.; ~Ly[.E A. GA.TES, Safety , Eng., Douglas Aircr~ft Co" Inc. Long- Beach, c;alif. 90801; *M. ~t CLA~CY, Dir., 'Safety & Insur.tnce, Ryan Aeronautical Co. San Diego 12. ,CaU.: *KEN'NTJI L. STEB- BINS, Dir; of Safety, LycMlling Div., A Mig. Corp. Stratford. Conn.: .JOHN D, DONOHUE,. Supvr., Stcurity & Safety, Rohr: Corp., Ch~la Vista, Calif, 920IZ; "COL. W. L.t TUBBS (Ret.), Laguna Beach, CaHf.i n, J. WILKE, Aircraft Eng. CQrp., Bethpage, Long Island, N, Y. JR., ,Chief Safety Eng., Grumman} Slaff Represmfali7.!e~R"".pH , qicago: III. 60611 M. ' f<U.EY. National Safety Coundl, 425 N, Michigan Ave., , . ' Past General Chairmen } 1 I I f 1 \ i 1 1 I .J 36 ~ \ ! I I I: , ! .~ " OffICERS OF TH~ .J . CEMENT. QUAR",V. AND, MINERAL' AGGREG~TES SECTION.. NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCil 1965-66 r: G. "lIFcrhe,d/.eCriJcmk,irl"llldeIl.l-Fa.\XCfS W. HU:"", Su., '/)ircC'tClr IJ. f Saif:ty, l.L J. C' rove time Compan)" FirDs/i.l'.l'i'siinon .Coiha)i.rllallrdti.nIl--"Gf.a\r.IiItI\.t.O\Xt lCt o-Er.po~riaItHioYnT,T"R:.aleSigaihe,l'}N,':, fCJir'f:-ctor,',!,-''lIl'erior Stolle Company, .\'u'oUnidrmVi,;igahamC,hlA lirmtlma -]. .H.' TkEl\IMW.\Y, SafelY D' irtctor, V\llcan. ~htcrials Company, St'Cr~t'Vla~l,:tyh-a\\rrul,l.t)I'Ia.,!>.I:I;. lC Hf;~lr, S:!icIY Engineer, Cor1 p~ oJ Engihccrs, Xcw England Di\'isioril- N.'f<-s/d/er Edi/(,r;':"'V.sn:!oOT GALl.Al;H1-:U, ':\s~i~!:tIlt Saiety IJir.cc:tor, Division of (;cueral f)ynamirs COTIKJralilJll, ,Lyons, Ill. . I ... Assllcialt\ .\'<~.'stt'l/." EditrJr-I{()SiEIIT J. GU{j~u.l:" S('litty o Director, ComlhlllY, Youngstown. O/tiiJ I ~{aterials ServiceThe' Standard Slag c.; p,.oyrlllil C(,)JIJI(itllt'-G."u~SlJ E-. ~11/J\,ErrE (Chairm:'rl), Saiety l)irtct~r-, SlJlleriof' Stone Company, Hi\bion oi .Martin-Marietta CMIlorati(lIl, l<::lleigh, N. U.OBkT .M. Ho1.li1c:!lIm, Safety CoordirtJtoT, 5t<milard Mareriliis Viv., .Martin-Marietta Corporation, In- dianapolis, Ind.; ffUWAlI1J F. JOHNSTON, Uivbipn Manager, .ndustriar I{e1atio~s. The Ruilcroid Company; BQur1l1 Brook, .N. j.; ASTuoNv \VOEWUCK', Jk., Director, Industrial-. Hygiene, Continental Casualty.ColnJlany, Chicago, III.; W, H. J)AlW.l, 5afelY Engineer, . Tlie Nc\\." Ha\en Trai, Hock Company, New Haven. C(lIIII. \ JItmb.-r.sltip C<imlll;!I"f-}>I\UiCK C. HATf.t.R (C)lairman), Labor 'Hdatioll!> Assist~Ult. Ide-dl CemeJll Company, lJen\'l:r, C(}/o.j Lt:~LlE S. VOl.T;, S<tfety Engineer, Vulcan Ma.terials Company, Consumer;, Cuml.tany lJivisioll, HiII!\ide, Ill.; LW'i'AIUJ <. FtlCKI::R, IJirector of Safety, I'crmi,lflt1ltc: Ccmmt' 'cvrnpany, .Oakland. Callf.: E. J. \VAIeINC, L~verack anci Haines, Inc., Ruffalo, N. Y.; G, E. WIUJAMS. SafelY IJirfi.:tut, American Aggregates Corlloration, (;reenviJlt, OhifJ; A. (jYI)~lIm ASs(lCiati~, O,ji~dgO, 111. VIC\O/{' ,-\flNi!::, JlC., St-crelary-General Manager, , . \. SlaJitlic'J and C.nlnls (;'{/liImjll(,,~I;(JkkI'Sr ~1(;Yf:1I (Chairuun). U. S..Bure-<\u pf Mints, c..; Washington; J). VHolCNT P. AIIP'I\IiN, JR., :\s~istant ~fanaging Director, National Sand & Gravel :\sSof..ciatillll, SHvc'" Spring, ~fd.; E. W. HAUl-US, Maniiging Direclor:- Strn:t:lry, .X;,iional SI;.g A\>1(i('iatiClII" Wa~lljllgt()il, I). C. . ' 1:'''!1;,,',win!l Cl!m~llitl;c--JJ.'lIkF.U. '\L COkNEIJ: (C()~Ch'lirm<lIl, Wt~t), . Saitty En'ginter, . Porllautl Cemt1lt A~~Jdati(jfl. Chicagor Ill.; Electrical, U. S. Gyp,;um C(,)mJl<'iny, Chiwgo, GWl/G J. kI::V!\tJw~. 'ft:chllkal ManilKer III.; VJ~CI!ST GAlLACIfk, Assistant Sael)' DireclOr, :\faleria/:; ~njce-Diyi;;ion of General nynamics Corporation, Lyons" IIl.; :\lIvlD Tn:sS{)s. &tidY l>ircclor, Malaial:>, Se'f'vice-Divi;;jnll of General Dynamic5 Cor- llOrati(lfl: L}{)h~. 1II.; LE.sw: S. \'01.1, Saft:ty Engineer, Vulcan Materials Co. Con- SlImer:i Co Baltim()fl:'. Div., Hithide. Ill.: f<ALPJI WIIA\', ~ftI.: J!ltEb 1-:. 510llCII, J)itcctOf of "\Il1CriC~1I S;lfctr ~1Ii1 ~flltll",1 LiahililJ I'CfSC>llnc 'The' In~. Co. Whiteh Ct'mtnt ~f:1Il1li;;nllrjn6 ('(JIII!/;tIlY, ('clIIt'llltlll, lla.; I~fl~' G. SWf'r, /. ~lillillK Health all alld 45 '-""',' ' , i I \ \ ' , j! Safety Engineer, 'u. S. Bureau of Mines, 'WashingtoIJ,'D. C.; JOHN J. SWEENEY, Sa(etY i Engineer, Stone and Slag Operations, Bethlehem Limestone Company, Steelton, Pa.; HowAKD RIEFENSTAlIL, Manager of Training' and, Safety, Alpha' Portland Cement Compa~y, Easton, Pa.; W. M. HOXIE (Co-Chainnan, East), Sttfety Engineer, Corps of ! Engineers; New Englan4 Division, Walth"m, Mass. Visual Aids COm'mittee-WM. A.: ~IP~ (Chairman), Manager-Safety, Universal Atlas Cement Division, U. S. Steel Corporation, New York, N. Y.; HQWAIUl F. JOHNSro~, Division Manager, '1ndu~trial Relations, The Ruberoid Company, BOund Brook, N .. J.; , JOHN J. MCCLEI.LAND.. : National Crushed Stone .Association, Washington, D. C. . ,,- OJNlle':]bb Commitlil!-:,1:'i)NAlw FLICKER (Chairman)" Director of Safety, Permanente 1 , Cement Company, Oakland, Calif.: ]. R. D. BROWN,' Assistant Manager, Accident Pre. , vention Bureali, Portland Cement Association. Chicago, J,It.,; W. R DAH~LL'- Safety En- Ptt.b/~cj/Y C~m1ll;ttee-:-'KENNETU (alairma~),M~nage~-Techlli~l gineer, The. New Haven Trap Rock ,Company, New Haven, Conn. ' , ' A. GUTSCHICK Services, , National Lime Association, Washington, P. C. j VINCENT P.. AHEAKN, JR., Assistant 'Managing Director, National Sand & Gravel ASSociatio~, Silver Spring, Md.; WU.LlAM C,-\'lrrER, Executive Director,'N,ation' al Crushed Stone Association, Washington.' D. C. Training Committee-HowARO' RIEPNliTAJlL (Chai'rman), Manager of Training and Safety, Alpha. PortJa.ll(i Cement Company, Easton, I'a,-o;-RALPH M. RtCHI. Director of Safety & Community Relations',' Medusa Portland Cement Company, Cleveland, Ohio; ANTHONY . l' WOEWUCKI, JR., Dir~c~or, Industrial Hygiene, Contiflenfaf' Casualty, Company, Chicago, n.. , IIl.: GERAt.U RAVER, Logansport, litd: . ', /"0;10 Ratloe Plmming Commifler"':"'ARVID TIENS()N (Chairman), Safety Director, Materials, Service-Division of G~~ral Dy~amies Corporation,' Lyons, III. i LESLIE ~. VQLTZ, Safety Engineer, Vulcan Materials Company. Con~umers Company Division, Hillside, Ill. i FRED E. SroRC.U, Director of 'Safety and Personnel, The WhitehaU Cement Manufacturing Company, Cementan, Pa.: HOWARD F. ]OfUoiSTON, Division. Manager, Industrial Relations, The Ruheroid Company, Bound Brook, N. J.i PAUL J. }V0HSECK, Manager-Safety and " Welfare, Lehigh Portland Cement Company, Allentown, Pa.; HOWARD RJl!PHSTAHL, Manager of T,r.linin(and ~afety. Alph~,P()ftlan(i Cement Company, Easton, Pa. ,\ I Haspi/a/fIY 'Commiftee-MAj(fIN D..GENTRV (Chairman),' .M.mager-Industrial Relations, I General Portland Cement' COmpany, Chicago, III.; JOHN J. McCLELiAND, National Crushed St(me Association. Washingtoll, D. C. i ARVID Tn!:N$ON, Sa(ety .Dirtttor, Materials Service-Division of General Dynamics Corporatioq, Lyons, Ill. ' \ Nominating COlllmitlee-LE~I:.J S. 'Vor.Tz, Safety Engineer, Vulcan Materials Company, Consumers Company, D~vh;ion, Hillside, H I . ' , Prl'Sfmu/ ProtL'clive EfjlliplIlt'nt CdmmitJec-PAUl. J. WORS~K (Chairman), ManagerSafety \ and Welfare, Lehigh Portland Cement Corollany, AU~,ntoWJl, Pa.; G~JlLAND E. MJ1!Y1ITl'E, ! Safety Director. Suptrit,Jr. Stone Company,' Division .of Martin-Marietta CoclX?rlHion, c.; Ualeigl" N. J. R TIIAIJ,\WAV. Safety Director, Vulcan Materials Comr~ny. Dirming- I lmm, Ala., ,: " r ! Membas-al,Largc-T. W. JONE:!, Vice President in Clmrge of Production, New Haven I Trap Rock CUrri,allY, New Howen, Conn.; IVAN' F. LEG<?IlE, Safety pjredor~ Portland' ,l : Cement Association, Chicago, lJl.: DORSE O. SEJ'I'LE, Jlt, The Standard Slag Company, I. Youngstown, Ohio ~'t/JfI Rrprt?$entalive-C~AItLES S. Wodv, National Safety Co~cil, 425 North ~ichjgan I Avenue, Chicago, TIl. 6061J ' \ J I j 1 46 I I '. Ii i965, National Sa/ely: fo"o~ess 'EVALUATION' OF P~OTECtIVE' CLOTHING FOR USE, W~TH .FLUORINE BY,'}I4- CHAIN ROBBINS, M:P.H. , ,. Safety Engineering, Aerospace Group~ Th.~ Boe,inf,{ Cohtpariy; Seattle"Wash. , , , During the past year, various government K~I-P, po]yurctllanes, At:fl,alon 97.001. an l1gencies have shown a growing interest in ,Amlalon 97-001A, and. Armaloo' ,97-00IG. , fluorine as oxidizer in'liquid propulsion {Atmalon is a Du Pont trade name used to . systems. , , ".~ identify a Teflon laminate consisting of Tef Boeing has been conducting laborato'TY and Ion fabric ,Q.008 'inch thick overcpated' .on 'one _, , remote-site tests with bOth liquid fluorine side with ,Teflon (FEP), 0.005 iricll thick (LF,) and fiuorinc-oxygen (FL.oX),. Sys- film, and is'identified as 97-001. Some sam- . t. tem ,design" parameters define reql1irements for' remot(! operations of pressurization. trans,fer, purging,' etc. Personnel. ,h~,weverJ pIes lmd a vacuum deposition of aluminum or gold and Wefe further identified as j'A" , or "G" respectively after the 97-001. The must make and break connections' amI per- selection '.of Du Pont's 97-001 'material was tcirm variolls operations attendant to testing based on North American"Aviation. Rocket .,When' sysiem failure'might preseIJt exposure .. qyne-Division .test report No. Z091 on 'Con- conditions. ' t r a c t AF04 (611)5963. which indicated the ' Air 'Porce and NASA 'concern for per~ 97091G material to be exceptionally resistant sonnet safety has stimulated the protective of clothing manufacturers' to develop suits prQtection against a variety fuels for and taon~gpaseel1otuasborFa"ne.c)hlo,rine-trifluoride (CTF), , The Boeing test program consisted 'of live oxidizers, yet maintaining wearability and ,on flexibility in service. (Several suits are , presently on the market, hut government' specifications to date have. not required man- phases: '. '1. Chemical compatihility tests all rna- terial 'samples. . ' " .. '2. Gaseous Jlerrrieati~n tests on materials to 'uiactur(:rs demonstrate performance in' that showed the' best performance ill Phase' . dynamic exposure environment!!.)' "., '1; in addition, test sp&ific af~s of ~uit con- 'The Boeing Aerospace Group Safety Engi strtlction (searqs,' joints,. e,te,). . neering organization reviewed current prO- \ 3. Tensile. strength tests on materials that tective clothing practices in the chemiC'dl and ~urvi.ve rha~e 2. . - j<lCTospace industries. There is no 'uniformity ./ 4. Gaseous ll,~orjne impingement tests on . in c1oth\ng materials being used again'>t (Ixi~ materials that showed the best 'performance dizers such as.fluorlne. In fact, there is vt;ry in J)h,.se!1 1 and 2, " I, little dynamic test data presently bdng used c//Irvapilraobpleosoend maleri;lls for use I' ' 5. Liquid nuorine impingement tests 011 with fluorine. ' materials that perfonned best in 'Phases ,1, h:'5' Agrlinst this fJi1ckgr(;umI We lmdertoc;k it 2, ani! 3. ' lest' program who3e obj edive been to TNt Apparatus' , evaluate those materi;lls in u!'.c or proposed 'The ~ame facility was used for; the gasCOI)S .for use under dynamic conditions of lex- 'chemical compatihilit>" perfnea~ion, and im. a. ' posure to gaseou~ lind liquid fluorine" 'Hom . pingcment tests" The, .facility, consists of t" mtheasdee' eovfaluthateionm.'!o'sta sdueittearbmleinmataiutenriahl:1-S~n'bde'ena , lc>eollwscoe rojfigns~.lOPrjyllreex~agsla.lsosrcfeillllsingweareseutseodf sfoixr, /. specification developed for protective-suit thl! chemical compatibility studies and stain~ construction. less steel. jigs for the permeation,sb.dies. Fluorine gns was ~uppliea from a cylinder I T eclmical Approac/. , 47 possible protective~suh materi~Js 'w~re' enclosed in' p steel barricade equipped with retlll)~e 'controls for operating valves. Using selec~' for 'test. These included, liutyts, 0.25 inch diameter stajnless ste~l tubing, neoprenes, ce!1uJpse acetate, Teflon, FEP, Ouorine gas was brought into the ~let mahi~ 10 , ': ,1? of tbe _test' apparatu~, aifcr''-passing r~ug'h , an absorption tube for hydrogen' loride (HG) removal and a rotameter for, )W' rak measurement. The HF scrubber as results, such neopreries (2-0262) (t-0022).' (#89); butyls (62.72) (8.0255) (#80-011); . polyurethane' (UR 29& :Blade); Nordell (50-001);' and Surlyn-' tA) amt--vrtorr-\A, Intained an activated form' of ,-sodium' torid'e. TIle, entire, test setup ~a5 assembled a laboratory fume hood. Fluorine gas was troduced into eaell glass cell individually ,9-02771and 80-060.' , PJ~a.rf 2--:-Pcrmeation Test~, , The samd facility in Phase 1 was us~ for, Id valyed. allowing it' to have, its' own the permeation" test, however, stainless steel mosphere independent of the others. A line jig!l were fabricated and used instead of the 'om a vacuum 'pump, including a, coil im- , Pyre~ gla~s cells: The jigs were fa~ricated ersed in a liquid-nttrogen bath ~rid soda- into two h'alves, with 'a mating flange at the :ne-packed tube, was'attached to the outlet equator. The diaphragms of test materlals lapifold. The cold trap prevented ~ny oro, were placed between the mating' equators and lnic vapors from the vaCUum pump' from torqued tight. A- continuous flow' of ,dry ltering the tes,t area,. while the' sOda-1il'ite -nitrogen was passed through the top section. lbe will prevent fluorine from reaching the A. fluorine atmosphere was produced in' the aCllum pump. Ni'trogen was dried'by passing lower section by flowing seven liters of GF~ le 'cyl!nder gases thr.ough a coil ,immersed , into and 'through the c;hamber during a 10 ! dry lC~ be~ore e~tcrmg the test ~etup. The minute 'purge.' The ,lower section was then, ltrogen gas was valved for.'purgmg any-or-----sealed;- --,' ',__ _._~_ ...._'., ' ... __ .. ', II pariS of the complete system. A pressure , I " , age .was located ahead of the fluorine flow- On!>: Isamples that showed best perf?~- leter to r~d 'tbe-pres5ure regulator on the, anee 10 Phas~ 1. were tested..Each s(>eclmc() 'uOrine cylinder. A vacuum gage,. calibrated, ~egan as a SIX Ifleh s~uare: It W;l.s then ~t g~nst a mercury manometer, i.vas located mto ..the, sh~pe of 3. ,fllng-pon? paddle, WIth n the inlet'manifold", "the paddle part ,the 5~~e dJameter a5 the . outside diameter of the permeation jig and )~lflse l-C1te~'icaJ CompatibilityTests \ . The! !~st 5ampl~s 'were approximately, 0,5, nc~ wl'l1e and two, inches long., Prior to its' "fmndle" available for" positioning - tke spe(Jirhen.in the jig. . Quantitative measuring of the permeation estmg, the ,samples ,were solvent-cleaned, dis- rate of GF2 '\I(a9 accomplished by sweeping il!ed ',water rinsed, wiped dc~n, and air the outlet gas into a bubbler 'containing 10 Itled. ' 'milliliters of OJN NaOH through theoutfet fhe samples were' hung on stainless steel side of the N:t jig, section for five minutes. looks 10C'dted inside the glass cwls. The '(A hose was connected to thCl, outlet orifice .ystem was ,first {Jassivated with gaseous N2, of the Ns hall of die jig, anU gaseous NJ tr hen' evacuated. A vaCUUm was drawn and f.\seous 'fluorine '(GFt ) was en int'ioduced nto the cell until reachin~ a' I-atmosphere cont"ining the permeated F.,gas Was bubbled, into the ,O.1N NaOH solution.}, Previous te~ts indiCated, that this 'sy~tem will' quantita- positive p{eSSUre, The samples 'were exposed 'tively absorb F3 and 'Hf ,from a gas stream, to 100 per c:ent GF. environment, at l-atmos- phere for two hours. The samples were weighed on an analytical balance before an~ after exposure, to, GFl to determine any wei!!ht change. " T es, l, R~sults The pressure On tile bottom' on ,the FI side was built llP' to l-ahllOS!lhere positivq pres~' up SlIre; the pressure'on the N. or top side of 'the jig was, built to l-atmosplJere plus two inches of HaO positive pressure during .sampling; Dubbler saml,ling was done peri- odically dUring the test. ' OIT1Gh,e bAt!tnynl-aclooanroo97n-l0y0o1~n ?(7p-a0r0aIdAm. tea)ndclof)t7h:,' , Tf,,ft R(~ul.s Buna N coated nylon, G~tex Z {Ala-nylon- , Wilgard 89 (Neoprene) Glove, Material neoprene,>, and Du Pont neoprene l1yfon -5009 demonstrated the best' performances 'of the supported rna terials. Sawyer-Tower, neo- prene-nylon and Gralite failett this test. Sev era! unsupported samples demonstratl!d good (0,030 Inch Thick)-Tllis material demon:. strat'ed the best results ot all the materials tested. Two samples were, tested UP to 24 hours and no detectable permeation was found. ,Subsequent examination showed only 11 ( , I,' I I I '\ '( , :1 1965 Nalional Safely C(mgrrS'S that the exposed side had whitened some~ what. ' , I. Fa Concentration wm/a\'erage suit/hour 1()()Ctf, Iff) , , Armalon, 97001.......,This ,ml\teriai ~on. 10% strated the best overall Teflon results with ' 5% ')6.9 8.45 low permeation rates. . 1 , .Armalon 97-001A and G-A1th~u'gh some, 3. In five minutes, the leakage,would be: .E~Coru:entration' 'ppm/a\rerage suit satllpJes demonstrated 'Iow penrteation rates, -' ' 100%, 14:1, . some had high' tates. Close examination re- lOCM 1.41 . , veaIed pin holes through the material. It IS 5% . 0.71 delt that ,there is in tfie ,some process of vacuum tendency to. cause Jer.o5ition,' FEP film Example 2 (Leakage Rale "= 700 U{f/inclt, degradation. . ' I h01!Y ' " : I Armalon 97-001 ,Containing SeWed-Sealed Seam--HiglJ' permeation rates. . 1. Multiply the leakage rate times suit . area to find the leakage per \hGour. expressed . Armal~n' 97-001G, S~wn and Se;:).led-High in ppm per-average suh pi:J' pour, , permeation rates. , A"rmalon 9-7001A, Sewn and Sealed-H'Igh 2. In thj~ examJ)1e,. the' J~ge per hour' would be: permc~tion rates. . F. Concentration p{lll1/average suit/hour --_. "Cellulose Acetate Faceshield-Two samJ)les '.-.._.. -.~~. -1:~i~~.9' (al>proxi,mately 0.060 inch thi.ck) were, ,tested. ,No' detectable' permeation was found 5% o. 586.95 ,d~ring the first four hours, and this time I . 3. In five nunutes. tlte leakage would be: ,could be greatly increased since it was the F, Concentration ppm/a"'erage suit following day befor:e it was retested. EclUi~. '100,%' \. , 9782 hliboTuirumwev.raeluneosteo,df aabiqtuetr 1o3nemdic.wro.grSaumfr:s./..ienqcuhe2njt 150%% 4978..89. examination revealed some 'attack, is evi- The re~\llts ShO\'ioil ahove take on added of denced by the llfonounced -Odor acetic, meaning in light of. emeTgency exjJosure' acid, The material, however. remained op. . levels Ilublislied recently, by the Natio,na1" .ticaIly clear bllt slightly discolored. AqJ.demy'of Science: See Table 1. , Butyl (Du Pont, T-5595 Sheet Stuck)'"'One 'sample of Du P<mt T-5595 nutyl burned Table I:' Emerget.i9 Expo~ure Levels immediately upon F2 expo,;ure. . "Free Fluorine , 1I Theoretical sid, l'ermeal;mf Ctnlcnllralioll Le1JeI Time (If Ex~osure i I . , To get somt! illsight as to the significance 5 flpm 3 ppm 5 minutes i 15' minutes i of the ,perll}eation relative' to full-size fuelhandler!s 5tiits, c:t1cuIations were made show~ ,jng the projecte(t suit leakage rate~, Timl. 2 ppm 1 ppm 0.1 Pllm ,30 nUnutes ' l.hour \ ! . 8 hours' of exposure amJ percentages of' gaseous F~ I were varied. The C'dlculations .were Lased on Hydrogen Fluoride the 'surface \lrea of an average ~jze man (15.5 ft.1). The assumption is made dial' the suit is under ~wo inches of water ,positive COlleen/ralicm Le7Jel 30 ppm 20 ppm Tiltt.l.(I/ Erpo.rore ,.' 5 minutes ., 15 minutes .\ pressure from supplied air Or its own en- vironmental control sy:>te,m,' ., . 10 ppm 8 ppm' 30 minutes . I' hour Example 1 (Leakaae Rale ::::: 10 ugIF./ jn~h'l Jumr) 1. Multiply ihe leakage rate tJme~ suit area to find the leakage Jl(!r hour. ~"Ilres5td in ppm flU avenige suit..per hoUr~---- - 2. In tllis example,' the leakage fler Jwur would, be: . . P/uJ.S,e 3-Tetlsile Strength Tuts All specimens that \(jere penncalion tested were later tensile tested Per Federal Specifi. cation CCC-Tw 191b, ~{etlwd 510l. "1W~imens (om! inch by bir inches) were .,' , placed symmetric.'llIy into tll~ clamps of an l,nstron 'rester. with long ditneilsioll parallel 12 -.1, . ' 4erospace Section and the short dimension at right angles, to , Test Resulf! " ' yarp the direction of load: applicllti?n. The running parallel to tlie 10l1g dimension of the There was no visible reaction 'or cllaflge speci~en was aligned with 6nF! outside edge , in ,the weight or appearanCti of the samples.' " of the, front jaw of each damp to ensure the - Phase S-Liqltid-Pllloyine b!,pittgemnsl, T esls ~m~ "y;rns being gripped. in' both ~lamps. The tensIon :was ev~ryly' dIstributed on the yarn;; Dynamic liquid-fluorine i~pingement tests were ~oncIuded at bet\veen damps, Force was applied" ilt the specimen at 12 0.5 inches per miriute. the 'Pulalip Ren:1(>te Test ISite in conjunction with Boeing Flight Tech- After specimen rupture; the breaking force nology per~onnef. The tests involved impinging 24 samples. Some samples were retested was read from the dial indicator and recorded. The- jaws were faced' with rubber .. two or three times to ve~ify results. Only to prevent slippage., sample materials t.hat passed the gaseous chemical compatibility tests' were liquid-im- Test Resul"ts 'pingetl,' ' ' 'The test results are shown in Table II. : ' The '10 gaIJon liquid-fluorine transfer test 'apparatils was used' fcir the inwingement' h: Table '" Tensile Stre~gth'T~;t~'--~--'tests; Here IiCJuid;flu~rine w~~ m~de.hy,~n- " , ,denslng gas from cylinders a IICJUld-mtro.. T nsSI/~ S tyetlglh " In gen bath. The stand' consisted of' a! stainless Malenal-, As After F~ - , Loss " Recewiil COifJiiiiiiiitilioiiTPercenil ~tee1 cells. ,rj!ckL..su.hdividedip.to six' j1l.4'yi4u~L_ Each cell was partitioned by stainless 97001 75 psi . 63 psi 16 steel Jrdffles and copper wite screen for 97001 A 9700IG 68 psi 68 psi 63 psi 64 psi 7 mount~ng the samples.' A stahlles~ steel inani- 6 fold was located at the base of the test 97001 to (/Seam) 12D psi' il2 psi rack, which six 0.25 inch'diameter stain- 7 les~ stee:l lines were welded. T~e 1iges .were 91~001A arranged so that each sample wils,lftIpmged' (Seam), 120 psi, ~ 115 psi . S ' separately. The lines were restricted at the .9i-OOIG , , . "(Seam) . 120 psi, 114 psi exit end by ipstaJljng an AN 818-4B nut and 6 ' an AN 8064 plug 'with the plug dri,lIed to a Buty! A I 1/16 incli iliamet~r .orifice. , (T-5595) ,l960psi NeOprene 1010 psi 48 The ~y six test samples were appr:oxirilately six" inches and were solvent ,cleaned, water , (Wilson ,rinsed, and, air dried prior to testing. One . 89) , 3760 psi 2825 psi 25 impingement was conducted per sample. Cellulose Acetate 7166 psi 5280 psi , The samples were mounted to the ~pper '26 ' 'screen holder. The jet orifices and samples Pltuse 4-CdSC?fl$ Impingement Tells' : . swmearlel, pbrao~te,ocvteedr from moisture the purf;ting jet ty placing orifice and ,3 a Sampk materials that demonsttated, the ,small Teflon shield over each sample to best performance in the tirst three phases of tc,;ting were subjected to tile gaseous im- protect against atmosJlheric moisture. The bag and 'shieMs 'were removed prior to pres- pingement tests; in addition, thr.ee materials suriz;ing the system. (R-0255 bulyl, Nordel SO"()()l, anq 62-72 , Alter condensing the liqui(i fluorine. in, th~ hut}'l) that flad only been given the cherrii- 10 gaUon test appar~tus, it was tfan1lferrc<1 cal rompali\Jility test were tested .in, this through the 0,25 in~h' diameter line ~mmersed phase. , A te'st appar~l!u;, ~jmilar' to' ", the chetnicaI in a Iiquid-qitrogen 'b~th (to 'maintain the, 'aensity of the Jifj\tid, fluorine during the, cc;mrh'ltihility test c(luipmJ!nt was used. The system was evacuated and the, sample 'stlS- transfer) , into the mar.Mold located on the test rack The manifold ,was also immersed pended OJ .inch from at! ..Qrifice (O,16 inc\l diatneter). Gaseous fluorine was then floweil in a liquid o!lth and then impinged onlo each sample separately. Aptlroximately three liters into the evaeuatfd 'chamber until the 'pres- of liquid fluorine were ~ondensed from each sure ,readied I-atmosphere;' ag,~in ,(ilbOIIt one' ga!l cylinder. Each $:l.mple was jet-impinged minute of flow). ' with approximately' 500 cubic centimeters of ! I I ...-- .-' i,i---- 'J .1 _____ 13 I t , i- t ,16iN(Zt!ollal S{ljel,!/-Canorcss ....... ---- -------.---- -. --. ~ '\ . ______ .r-:- ,- . Il' ~1 'I' LFt per' test (1/16 inch orifice, five ,.to' ,eight demonstrated, good results in the' ~hemical I j s'econds, at 50 psig): , ' , , ' . compatibility tests, caught fire W~t!J1 liquid- I" 1 ~ Tcst Resu/ls impinged.' ' I Table IIl't~blllates individual test fe~ults. the follo~ing summ'arizes the results of both the gaseous and liquid tests: - \ It indicates the specific reactio.n, such as 97-001 immediate fire,' delayed- ignition time, degree I.'Annalon' material dem~nstrated' I . of iir~, lIO fCllction, etc. ' , the best ove~ail performance 'to both gaseous and liquid tests:, ,". I Conclusion, The results of ~he' chemical compatibility 2. Amialon '97-00IG was demonstrated to be chemically compatible. :and two samples 'tests indiCate~ that, of the 47 materia,s demonstrated ,the lowest ~uorocarbon Iper- tested, only four supported elastomers,. 10 cuanrsbuppo-r~terodv'eedl.astomers, and three' fluoro;- meabiliiy rates.. A third sample; however, had high leakage rates and,' when closely exam- . I I ons to be compatible. . ' ined, pinholes, were found; '(It was h~;pothe . It is not known whether the method of or polymer application compounding ma~e sized .th'lt the pinho.les w~re caused when the, gold was vapOr-deposited onto the film,) "1 I the difference in compatibility', Spectraanaly- Portions of the gold samIlles caught fire I - -- -sfliQs !ydmide,r .nfQotrmr!!eI'vltejQal!1.eOnJo...u..~gQh!~uJd.iafrf~e.rre~nl!c.e~s~.:i.n.._._w_I3le.nAlrimquaidlo.inm.p9i7n~gOeOdl.A also _was. dtnW'.1l!itrated:_____ J '1 ment, to indicate specific differences bet\yeen to be chemically compatible but, when per- '1----- i polymers. ; , ,meation tested, one sample demonstrated ex- . : Several of the mat~riaI5, such as butyl over .. nylon, neoprtne over nylon, Buna-N over cess;ve leakage rates. ("gain, when closely eX3Plined. pinholes were found,) The sample ) ! I .nylon, neoprene 89, anll Gcntex 2, which I;aught tire, when liquid,-impinged. " Gentex WlIgnrd Glove 89 Wilson Rubber Co. Du Pont 100-27-3 Du Pont Armalon lrTool I , Du Pont A:i1nalon 97-0010 ,,' .. Du Pont Armalon 91-001A Du Pont Armalon 91oolG ' ' Cellulose Acetate, WII~rd 'Olove Du ont ISO,OO, .. 'Du Pont 5085 Acrylic Du Pont Armalon 97-001G Cellulose Acetate , Du Pont Armalon 97-001 ' llT~l-FEP-Gold, , lrEP tum. 0.005 Inch thIck . FGrEa.F.-jtt0e.020 Inch thick " , ' Du Pont Armalon 97-001 Du Pont ' Ar,malon !'I1.001 FEP tllm. 0.020 tnch , thick Cellulose Acetate Ora-Ute TABLE III: RESULTS Composition' A12-GlllBs-Neopr~lle Neoprene . Butl'l-eoated nylon . ,Teflon tabl'lc..!..Tetl(ui FEP . mm ' Sarne as above 97-()()1-go1d coating Sarne as 91-0010 except alum!- num coated '(Retest) Same tiS Sample 6- , Faeeshield. 0,060 Inch Udck Neoprene Neoprene over nl'lon Buna-N over nylon Faceshleld (Retest) S4me ~ I Samples 6 and '1 with butyl rubber .seam (RetOilt) Faceshleld Same as Sample .. Po)yamlde-FEF film plus gold deposition , Facellhleld Faceahleld Cotton-coa.ted, both aIdes, with PVC, .. (Rcteat) 8ame aa Samples 4- lind 15, , . ThIs sample bad bflen OJ{- pOlled to OFa tor' Z4 houra prlQr to liquid testing. " F'aceshfeld Same as Sample 18 as , F8aaeenidlhl1e4Id Sam..,e, ' . ' Ba),nples . . (ReteBt) Same lllS Sample 19 -" Rellults Caught fire bnmedlately_ Caught tire. Delayed fire reac- tion. caught Caught fh'e immediately. fire. One end "- burned, Delayed tire. " ca'ught fire on oll!l sIde. Caught tire. Derayed act/,on; BUrned quite rapidly once Jt. started. Caught tIre around peJ'dmeter of .sample. Edge of the gold burned .and t~ed Mf. Caugbt fire.. Delaye(J reacUon. OprnocxeimlIattaerltyed,2,ItInbcuhrens,edofuptaacpe.-: Bhleld; 'J ' Caught firo. Delayed acUon. , Caught tire Immediately. . Caught tire ImmedIately. Caught tire Immediately. Seam caught ,lire' immedIately with vigorous burning. ' No reaction. No reaction. ' 'VIolent tire immediately. ,No reactIon.' , No reaction. Caught tire Immediately. No reaction. No No, rreeaaccttiioonn:. . No reaction. ' , ,Caught tire Immedlatel),. ! \ 'I' 1 .! I r 'l 14