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Cleanroom Garment Silicone ContaminationThe slide presentation reviews actions taken at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to eliminate contamination by silicone in clean rooms. Background information includes facilities and hardware affected by silicon contamination, a discussion of the negative aspects of silicone contamination, clean room garments, and how the problem was identified at GSFC. Actions taken by the GSFC Contamination Engineering Group and lessons learned are detailed. Results include: awareness of the silicone issue in laundry, increase in infrastructure and support of the testing lab, establishment of protocols for garment verification, closer relationship established with laundry and converter, specifications for laundry services and garments were strengthened, all consumables are tested before use in clean rooms, and established procedures were used to identify and treat silicone found on face masks.
Document ID
20070030294
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Geer, Wayne
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lepage, Colette
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 2006
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Meeting Information
Meeting: ESTECH 2006
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Country: United States
Start Date: May 7, 2006
End Date: May 10, 2006
Sponsors: Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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