The Spread and Absorption of Chemicals on Military Relevant Materials

Sara Ketterer; Debra Pratt; Homayun K. Navaz; Michael Herman; Yuri Sikorski; Ali Zand

The Spread and Absorption of Chemicals on Military Relevant Materials

Sara Ketterer, Debra Pratt, Homayun K. Navaz, Michael Herman, Yuri Sikorski, Ali Zand

Kettering University

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The spread of chemicals in the environment poses great danger to natural ecosystems. The rate and the diameter of chemical spread on various surfaces were measured. These spread properties were correlated to the surface roughness as well as viscosity and surface tension of liquid chemical. Surface Imagery was obtained using optical and traditional profilometers. The roughness measurements were used along with rate of spread to develop a mathematical model. ESEM (Environmental scanning electron microscope) was utilized to understand how the chemicals adsorb to the surface of the paints. This investigation seeks to determine how surface and chemical properties affect the spread. The results of our investigation will be presented.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Apr 30 2010
Event	American Physical Society Physics - Duration: Nov 21 2011 → …

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Conference	American Physical Society Physics
Period	11/21/11 → …

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Mechanical Engineering

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The Spread and Absorption of Chemicals on Military Relevant Materials

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