Advances and applications of chemical protective clothing system

Abstract

Protection is obligatory for the safety of people in certain occupations where they might be exposed to hazardous chemicals. This review provides an overview of chemical protective clothing, along with its necessity during industrial and military operations as well as in response to acts of terror. Moreover, chemical protective or barrier suits are illustrated and explained including their types, selection processes based on chemical hazards, working environments, and various materials available for the fabrication of effective barrier clothing. Additionally, this review elucidates current research gaps, while underscoring the challenges facing recently developed chemical protective clothing, by compiling relevant research onto a single platform. Besides, this review includes and delineates future trends in chemical protective outfits based on electro-spun nano-fibre technology involved in both detection and decomposition of poisonous chemical agents that come in contact with clothing material, and the integration of selectively permeable membrane technology to discriminately block hazardous chemicals.

Strategy for Development of Modern Protective Equipment Based on Organometallic Complexes with Desired Properties

“…Как для МОК, так и для наночастиц раз личных металлов (Ag, Mg, Ni, Ti и др. ), вве денных в нановолокна, усиливающих дегази рующие свойства современных материалов в отношении ОВ и придающих им антими кробные свойства, большинство выявленных эффектов получено только в лабораторных ус ловиях [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]. При внедрении этих разработок в реальные образцы средств индивидуальной защиты (СИЗ) возникает необходимость про ведения дополнительных исследований про цесса закрепления наночастиц на материалах, механизмов дегазации ОВ и дезинфекции БА.…”

Protective Multifunctional Fibrous Systems Based on Natural Fibers and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles

“…Protection is essential not only to maintain the safety of professionals that are exposed every day to several dangers, but also for the general population [ 1 ]. It can be said that today’s world is full of threats responsible for several impactful and harmful effects that not only directly affect the human being, but that are also very dangerous to the natural environment.…”

Detoxification Properties of Guanidinylated Chitosan Against Chemical Warfare Agents and Its Application to Military Protective Clothing

“…Protection against CWAs can be classified into impermeable and permeable protection. Impermeable protective clothing uses a coating that is impermeable to any liquid containing CWAs, whereas permeable protective clothing utilizes adsorbing materials under regular fabric (e.g., activated carbon), which adsorb liquid to prevent direct contact with the human body [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]. Impermeable clothing is not comfortable when worn because it blocks heat, air, and moisture from inside and outside.…”

“…Impermeable clothing is not comfortable when worn because it blocks heat, air, and moisture from inside and outside. In contrast, permeable protective clothing is comfortable when worn because it allows heat, air, and moisture to penetrate the fabric [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]. However, the adsorbing materials of permeable protective clothing adsorb only limited amounts of CWAs.…”

“…However, the adsorbing materials of permeable protective clothing adsorb only limited amounts of CWAs. Furthermore, the protection time duration is limited by the adsorbing capacity of the adsorbent used [ 4 , 5 ]. To overcome these disadvantages, many research projects have studied detoxifying materials that can decompose CWAs into non-hazardous materials and their application to fabrics for preparing protective clothing with detoxification properties [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ].…”