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Specific Approaches to Evaluation of Protection of Protective Devices in Accordance to Concerning Norms

Pavel Otrísal*, Stanislav Florus and Zdenek Melicharík

There are a lot ways how to evaluate protection abilities of protective garments which are used in both military and civilian operations. Some of them have more practical importance and some, on the other hand, are more usable for operational commanders for quick determination of time during that soldiers are completely protected against the affection of high toxic compounds especially against them that are classified as chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals. The basic question is: Is it enough to assess a particular protective garment from the point of related norms or in accordance to very simple method based on determination of so breakthrough time or not?