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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY n a v a l r e s e a r c h laboratory 4555 OVERLOOK AVE SW WASHINGTON DC 20375 5320 3905 Ser 6180/0307 2 5 JUL 2001 From: Commanding Officer, Nava! Research Laboratory To: Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (Code 05L4 Barylski) Subj: RESULTS OF QUALIFICATION TESTING OF 6% (P/NC - 6 0 IMS) AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM (AFFF) LIQUID CONCENTRATE FIRE EXTINGUISHING AGENT MANUFACTURED BY CHEMGUARD INCORPORATED Ref: (a) NAVSEA ltr 05Q/2000-414 o f 16 Oct 00, "Authorization o f Perform Qualification Testing on Chemguard's Fire Extinguisting Agent" Enel: (1) Two copies o f subject report L In accordance with reference (a), Chemguard Inc.'s 6% (P/NC - 6 0 IMS) AFFF was tested for compliance with Military Specification MIL-F-24385F (SH), Amendment 1, 5 August 1994. Detailed results o f this test are forwarded for your review as enclosure (1). 2. Chemguard Inc.'s 6% (P/NC - 601 MS) AFFF as supplied by the manufacturer complied with the requirements o f the Military Specification MIL-F-24385F (SH), Amendment 1, 5 August 1994. 3. Chemguard Inc.'s 6% (P/NC --601 MS) AFFF is recommended for inclusion in the Qualified Products List, OPL-24385-31, 30 October 1998. 4. The Naval Research Laboratory technical point o f contact is Dr. Patricia Tatem, Code 6183, (202) 767-6965, e-mail: tatem@ccs.nrl.navy.mil. Copy to: NAVSEASYSCOM (Code 05Q) WARREN W. SCHULTZ By direction Distribution Authorized to US Government Agencies and their Contractors Only; All other requests shall be forwarded to: Commanding Officer Naval Research Laboratory, Wash. DC. THIS INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE. US00000794 . 6180/0307A:PAT 11 July 2001 Subj: RESULTS OF QUALIFICATION TESTING OF 6% (P/NC - 601 MS) AQUEOUS FILM-FORMING FOAM (AFFF) LIQUID CONCENTRATE FIRE EXTINGUISHING AGENT MANUFACTURED BY CHEMGUARD INCORPORATED Ref: (a) NAVSEA Itr 05Q/2000-414 of 16 Oct 00, "Authorization o f Perform Qualification Testing on Chemguard's Fire Extinguisting Agent" (b) Military Specification, "Fire Extinguishing Agent, Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) Liquid Concentrate for Fresh and Seawater," MIL-F-24385F (SH) Amend 1, 5 Aug 94 (c) Qualified Products List, QPL-24385-31,30 Oct 98, which lists products that have been qualified in accordance with re f (b) 1. Chemguard Inc. submitted a 6% AFFF Fire Extinguishing Agent, designated as P /N C . 60IMS, manufacturer's date 022101, to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for qualification testing (reference (a)) for compliance with the requirements o f reference (b)). Chemguard Inc.'s 6% AFFF passed the criteria for qualification and inclusion in reference (c) required by reference (b). The results o f the qualification testing are presented in Tables 1 through 7. 2. The contents o f each table are briefly outlined as follows: a. Table 1: Chemical and Physical Requirements for Concentrates or Solutions b. Table 2: 28 ft2Fire Performance Test Results: Chemguard 6% 022101 Fresh Concentrate c. Table 3: 50 ft2Fire Performance Test Results: Chemguard 6% 022101 Fresh Concentrate d. Table 4: 28 ft2 Fire Performance Stability Test Results: Chemguard 6% 022101 Aged Concentrate e. Table 5: 28 ft2Fire Performance Stability Test Results: Chemguard 6% 022101 Aged Solution f. Table 6: 6% AFFF Agent from the Qualified Products List Used in the Compatibility Fire Performance Test g. Table 7: 28 ft2Fire Performance Concentrate Compatibility Test Results: 6% Aged Concentrates Enel (1) to NRL Ltr 3905 Ser 6180/0307 1 Distribution Authorized to US Government Agencies and their Contractors Only; All other requests shall be forwarded to: Commanding Officer Naval Research Laboratory, Wash. DC. THIS INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE. Table 1. Chemical and Physical Requirements for Concentrates or Solutions R equirem ent Refractive index, minimum V iscosity (Centistoke) M a x im u m <a 5 C M in im u m -.a- 2 5 C Hydrogen fort C o n cen tratio n (pH ) P ass / F ail C riteria 1.358 10 2 7.0 to 8.5 6% 022101 R esults 1.3595 9.08 6.3 7.6 Spreading Coefficient, dynes/cm , m inim um 3 23.7 F ilm Formation and Scalability F o am ab ility: Foam E xpansion Ratio, m inim um Fresh A gent Test: Fresh Water i Sea Water Stability Test, concentrate: Fresh Water / Sea W ater Stability Test, solution: Fresh Water l Sea Water Com patibility T ests: Fresh Water / Sea Water N o sustained ignition 5.0 N o sustained ignition 9 .0 /8 .2 9.1 / 8.8 9 .6/9.1 5.1 / 7.9 Foam 25% Drainage Time, m inutes, m inimum Fresh A gent T est; Fresh W ater / Sea Water Stability Test, concentrate: Fresh Water l Sea Water S tab ility Test, solution: Fresh Water / Sea Water Com patibility Tests: Fresh Water / Sea Water 2.5 4 .2 5 /4 .2 0 3 .5 /4 .2 5 4.0 / 4.0 3 .1 5 /4 .0 Corrosion Rate: G eneral Cold rolled. Low carbon steel (U N S G I0 I0 0 ) m ili in/yr, maximum Copper-Nickel (90-10) (U S C 70600) m ill in/yr, m axim um N ickel-Copper (70-30) (U S N 04400 m ill in/yr, m axim um B ronze (U N S C 90500), m illigram s m axim um Localized, corrosion-resistant (C R E S ) steel, UN S S30400) 1.5 1.0 1.0 100 N o pits 0.69 0.02 0.03 0.03 N o pits Total H alides, ppm maximum D ry chem ical com patibility, bum -back resistance time 36 0 seconds minimum E n v iro n m en tal impact: T o x ic ity , LC 5B m g/L, m in im u m C O D , m g/L, m axim um B O D ?n m inim um COD Fluorine content, m g/L 250 360 1,000 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 0.65 -- 186 427 >1000 279,000 0.80 5,250 m g/L Stratification: Stability Test Com patibility Test None None None None Precipitation, % by V olum e: Stability Test C o m p a tib ility T e st, 1:1 R atio M ixes C om patibility Test, All Agent Mix C ontainer cap opening torque (average) < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 50 in/lbs max < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 > 50 in/ibs max 2 US00000796 T able 2. 28 ft2 Fire Performance Test Results: Chemguard 6% 022101 Fresh Concentrate. PROPERTY M EASURED F resh W ater Full Strength EXTINGUISH ACTUA L BURNBACK ACTUAL TTMF CRTTFRTA T IM E S TIM E C R ITER IA T IM E S 30 Sec (M ax) 25 360 Sec (M in) 551 Fresh W ater 45 Sec (M ax) 43 300 Sec (M in) 436 H a lf Strength Sea W ater 30 Sec (M ax) 30 360 Sec (M in) 555 F ull Strength Sea W ater 45 Sec (M ax) 41 30 0 Sec (M in) 491 H a lf Strength Quintuple Strength 55 Sec (M ax) 40 200 Sec (M in) 325 (15% ) Sea W ater T able 3, 50 ft2 Fire Performance Test Results: Chemguard 6% 022101 Fresh Concentrate PROPERTY EXTINGUISH M ENT ACTUAL M E A SU R E D TIM E CRITERIA TIM ES BURNBACK ACTUAL 40 SECOND ACTUAL TIM E TIM ES SU M M ATIO N TOTAL Sea W ater Full Strength 50 Sec (M ax) 36 360 Sec (M in) 406 320 (M in) 325 T able 4. 28 ft2 Fire Performance Stability Test Results: ______ Chemguard 6% 022101 Aged Concentrate.______ PROPERTY EXTINGUISHM ENT A CTUA L BURNBACK ACTUAL M EASURED TIM E CRITERIA TIM ES TIM E CRITERIA TIM ES Fresh W ater Full Strength 30 Sec (M ax) 25 360 Sec (M in) 438 Fresh W ater H alf Strength 45 Sec (M ax) 43 30 0 Sec (M in) 345 Sea W ater Full Strength 30 Sec (M ax) 29 360 Sec (M in) 472 Sea W ater H alf Strength 45 Sec (M ax) 37 300 Sec (M in) 485 3 US00000797 Table 5, 28 ft2 Fire Performance Stability Test Results: ________ Chemguard 6% 022101 Aged Solution_______ |............ ............. PROPERTY E X T IN G U ISH M EN T ACTUAL BURNBACK ACTUAL M E A SU R E D TIM E C R ITE R IA TIM ES TIM E CRITERIA TIM ES Fresh W ater Full S trength Sea W ater Full Strength 30 Sec (M ax) 30 Sec (M ax) 27 360 Sec (M in) 428 23 3 6 0 S ec (M in) 472 3. The AFFF agents from the QPL, reference (c), used for the Compatibility Tests were from NRL stock, and are listed in Table 6. The Chemguard concentrate was mixed individually with each o f the four concentrates in a 1:1 volume ratio, and with all the concentrates listed in Table 6 in a 1:1:1; 1:1 volume ratio. These concentrate mixtures were aged in accordance with reference (b) and then used to prepare the solutions used for fire performance testing. . T able 6. 6% AFFF Agents from the Qualified Products List Used in the Compatibility Fire Performance Test Q U A L IFIE D AGENT M ANUFACTURER LOT/ BATCH DATE OF M ANUFACTURE Angus A ngus Fire Arm our, Corp. 041993 M ay 1993 A nsul A FC -5 A nsul Fire Protection W orm ald U .S ., Inc.) X 17039 April 1987 F C -206C F M innesota, M ining & M anufacturing, C o., (3M ) 101 M arch 1991 L15606B M in n eso ta M ining & M anufacturing, C o., (3M ) 1 S ep tem b er 1999 4 US00000798 Table 7. 28 ft2 Fire Performance Concentrate Compatibility Test Results: 6% Aged Concentrates. _________(Solutions for fire performance tests were mixed at full strength)________ 1 QUALIFIED AGENT PROPERTY M EASURED E X T IN G U ISH TIM E C R ITER IA ACTUAL BURNBACK ACTUAL TIM ES TIM E CRITERIA TIM ES Angus Angus A nsul A nsul 3M -FC 206CF 3M -FC206C F Fresh W ater Sea W ater Fresh W ater Sea W ater Fresh Water Sea W ater 30 Sec (M ax) 30 Sec (M ax) 30 Sec (M ax) 30 Sec (M ax) 30 Sec (M ax) 30 Sec (M ax) 24 360 Sec (M in) 426 28 360 Sec (M in) 428 26 360 Sec (M in) 399 30 360 Sec (M in) 370 26 360 Sec (M in) 368 27 360 Sec (M in) 438 3M -L15606B 3M -L15606B Fresh W ater Sea W ater 30 Sec (M ax) 30 Sec (M ax) 24 360 Sec (M in) 442 26 360 Sec (M in) 457 A ll o f the A b o v e A ll o f the A bove Fresh W ater Sea W ater 30 Sec (M ax) 30 Sec (M ax) 24 360 Sec (M in) 489 25 360 Sec (M in) 427 4. Chemguard P/NC - 601MS (manufactured 022101) 6% AFFF is recommended for inclusion in the Qualified Products List (reference (c)). 5 US00000799 FR ED E R IC K W. WILLIAMS Director Navy Technology Center for Safety and Survivability d7 . CLARENCE W HITEHURST^ Chesapeake Bay Detachment Navy Technology Center for Safety and Survivability PATRICIA A/TATEM Project Manager Chesapeake Bay Detachment Navy Technology Center for Safety and Survivability Hughes Associates, Inc. Baltimore, MD 6 US00000800