TEK 604E - Protective Clot.Sys.&Materials

Course Objectives

1. to provide knowledge of the general characteristics of protective clothing,
2. to improve the ability of designing of protective clothing,
3. to examine the production technology of the protective clothing.

Course Description

Protective clothing: an overview. Design of protective clothing. Chemical protective clothing: Introduction, chemical protective clothing materials, barrier effectiveness of chemical protective clothing, performance evaluation of chemical protective clothing, human exposure assessment, decontamination and reuse. Attitudes and clothing practices of pesticide applicators. Refurbishing pesticide-contaminated clothing. Thermal protective clothing: heat transfer through human body and clothing systems. Protective clothing: Use of flame retardant textile finishes. Heat and fire resistant fibers for protective clothing. Protective clothing effective against biohazards. Biological test methods for protective clothing. Current protective clothing applications.