Wiped clean
A highly-effective decontamination wipe has been developed by researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University.
A decontamination wipe designed by researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University has proven to be highly effective at cleaning up chemical warfare agents and toxic chemicals.
The evaluation of the nonwoven dry wipe product, called Fibertect, was performed as part of a study by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory using mustard gas and other toxic chemicals.
Researchers found that the Texas Tech product outperformed 30 different decontamination materials, including materials currently used in military decontamination kits.
‘Needlepunch nonwoven technology has been used to develop this flexible, adsorbent material that can be used not only as a decontamination wipe, but also as the liner of protective suits, filters and masks,’ said Seshadri Ramkumar, who supervises the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at Texas Tech.
‘The material is flexible, doesn’t contain loose particles and is capable of cleaning intricate parts of everything from the human body to the control panel of a fighter jet,’ he added.
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