Chemical protective fabric
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1. A chemical protective fabric for use in garments worn by persons in a chemically hostile environment, said fabric comprising:
- a layer of felted foam material impregnated throughout with superactivated carbon, said material having opposite major surfaces, and said superactivated carbon being a highly activated carbon having a BET surface area of 2200-3200 square meters per gram;
a polyurethane emulsion binder for bonding said superactivated carbon to said foam, said superactivated carbon and said binder being components in a slurry with which slurry said felted foam is impregnated, whereby said foam is impregnated with and is bonded to said superactivated carbon;
a first stretchable material layer bonded to said layer of felted foam material on a first of said major surfaces thereof; and
a second stretchable material layer bonded to said layer of felted foam on a second of said major surfaces thereof.
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Abstract
A chemical protective fabric for use in garments worn by persons in a cheally hostile environment comprises a layer of felted foam impregnated with superactivated carbon, a polyurethane emulsion binder for bonding the superactivated carbon to the foam, a first stretchable material layer bonded to the layer of foam on a first of the major surfaces thereof, and a second stretchable material layer bonded to the layer of foam on a second of the major surfaces thereof.
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1. A chemical protective fabric for use in garments worn by persons in a chemically hostile environment, said fabric comprising:
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a layer of felted foam material impregnated throughout with superactivated carbon, said material having opposite major surfaces, and said superactivated carbon being a highly activated carbon having a BET surface area of 2200-3200 square meters per gram; a polyurethane emulsion binder for bonding said superactivated carbon to said foam, said superactivated carbon and said binder being components in a slurry with which slurry said felted foam is impregnated, whereby said foam is impregnated with and is bonded to said superactivated carbon; a first stretchable material layer bonded to said layer of felted foam material on a first of said major surfaces thereof; and a second stretchable material layer bonded to said layer of felted foam on a second of said major surfaces thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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