AN IMPROVED COMPACT INTEGRATED ANALYTICAL SWATCH TESTING SYSTEM |
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Authors: | Adrian Verwolf Zhongtao Cai Pauline Smith |
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Affiliation: | 1. Engineering, Measurement and Certification Center , Rapid City, SD, USA;2. US Army Research Laboratory, Materials Application Branch, Aberdeen Proving Ground , MD, USA |
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Abstract: | A compact swatch testing system has been developed to precisely quantify the permeation and penetration of a chemical weapons agent simulant while reducing the system footprint, improving safety and usability, enhancing automation, and maintaining measurement precision comparable to its predecessor. With the addition of a new test cell design and temperature control mechanism, the improved system demonstrated higher steady-state permeation rates and shorter breakthrough times. In comparison to the earlier prototype, the compact configuration's footprint and volume are reduced substantially, thereby allowing for use inside a 6-foot laboratory hood. A reference device for assessing test cell performance was also developed. |
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Keywords: | compact integrated system enhanced automation swatch testing |
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