Abstract
It is necessary to protect the safety of people in certain occupations where they might be exposed to hazardous chemicals. This review provided 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 protection 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, the current research gaps were elucidated in this review, so as the challenges facing recently developed chemical protective clothing, and relevant research are compiled onto a single platform. Moreover, the future development trend of chemical protective equipment based on new materials and technologies was also explored and analyzed.
Highlights
Protective textile is a kind of material used to weave protective clothing or other protective products
New materials that enhance the performance of chemical protective clothing mainly include active nanofiber and nanoparticles, conductive polymers and catalytic materials based on biological enzymes
The new generation of chemical protective clothing developed with these new materials and methods could be applied in specific field such as isolation protection and detection [9,10]
Summary
Protective textile is a kind of material used to weave protective clothing or other protective products. Protective gloves, typically with five fingers, are made of various materials and designed with different thicknesses and styles for safe handling of hazardous chemicals like corrosive acids and alkalis [5]. Various polymer materials, such as butyl rubber, nitrile rubber, chloroprene rubber and natural rubber, are usually used in the preparation of such protective gloves based on the properties of targeted chemicals. Chemical and biological masks are used to protect users from chemical and biological pollution in emergencies when there are highly toxic substances in the air. This paper started with the selection of chemical protective materials, and explored in detail their performance against dangerous chemicals or chemical agents by combining a variety of new materials and technologies
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