AN IMPROVED COMPACT INTEGRATED ANALYTICAL SWATCH TESTING SYSTEM

A compact swatch testing system has been developed to precisely quantify the permeation and penetration of a chemical weapons agent simulant while reducing the system footprint, improving safety and usability, enhancing automation, and maintaining measurement precision comparable to its predecessor. With the addition of a new test cell design and temperature control mechanism, the improved system demonstrated higher steady-state permeation rates and shorter breakthrough times. In comparison to the earlier prototype, the compact configuration's footprint and volume are reduced substantially, thereby allowing for use inside a 6-foot laboratory hood. A reference device for assessing test cell performance was also developed.