PPPL-3899 is available in <a href="PPPL-3899.pdf">pdf</a> format (744 KB).

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<b>Removable Thin Films used for the Abatement and Mitigation of Beryllium</b>
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<b>Authors:</b> M. Lumia, C. Gentile, K. Creek, and R. Sandoval
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<b>Date of PPPL Report:</b> November 2003
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<b>Presented at:</b> the 20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE2003), 14-17 October 2003, San Diego, California. Proceedings to be published by IEEE.
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The use of removable thin films for the abatement of hazardous particulates has many advantages. Removable thin films are designed to trap and fix particulates in the film's matrix by adhesion. Thin films can be applied to an existing contaminated area to fix and capture the particulates for removal. The nature of the removable thin films, after sufficient cure time, is such that it can typically be removed as one continuous entity. The removable thin films can be applied to almost any surface type with a high success rate of removal.



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