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TECHFIND - PROTECTION
Protective Paint
Scientists are currently working on a new paint coating for military vehicles that essentially absorbs a chemical warfare agent and then decontaminates itself. The paint is being developed by the UK's Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) in hopes of providing protection for those operating in or around a vehicle after a chemical attack. The technology would be adapted from "strippable" coatings already being utilized to temporarily camouflage vehicles. Strippable coatings are currently used when a new camouflage is necessary, causing a vehicle's color to change from green to "light stone", for example, so that it looks like part of the desert terrain. The scientists are also looking into eventually engineering reactive coatings, which would have built-in catalysts and possibly even enzymes that would enable the paint to "self-decontaminate".
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Scientists are currently working on a new paint coating for military vehicles that essentially absorbs a chemical warfare agent and then decontaminates itself. The paint is being developed by the UK's Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) in hopes of providing protection for those operating in or around a vehicle after a chemical attack. The technology would be adapted from "strippable" coatings already being utilized to temporarily camouflage vehicles. Strippable coatings are currently used when a new camouflage is necessary, causing a vehicle's color to change from green to "light stone", for example, so that it looks like part of the desert terrain. The scientists are also looking into eventually engineering reactive coatings, which would have built-in catalysts and possibly even enzymes that would enable the paint to "self-decontaminate".
