MIL-DTL-24607B
3.2.2 Hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). The content of HAP solvents in the total enamel shall be not greater
TABLE IV. Hazardous solvent content.
Hazardous solvent in total enamel
Maximum, % wt.
Benzene
0.05
0.05
Chlorinated solvent(s), total
Carbon tetrachloride
Chloroform (trichloromethane)
Methylene chloride (dichloromethane)
Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)
1,1,1-Trichloroethylene (methyl chloroform)
Trichloroethylene
Ethyl benzene
0.05
Methyl, ethyl and butyl mono-ethers of ethylene glycol or the acetates, total
0.05
(methyl, ethyl and butyl cellosolves, and acetates)
Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)
0.05
Methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK)
0.05
Toluene
0.05
Xylene (all forms), total
0.1
3.3 Color. The color, when tested in accordance with 4.5.3, shall be characteristic of the pigments specified in
3.3.1 Color deviation. The color deviation of the paint shall be obtained as specified in 4.5.3.2. The measured
color deviation (ĆE) from the specified FED-STD-595 color card in Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE)
International Commission on Illumination LAB units shall be not greater than one CIELAB unit.
3.4 Toxins and carcinogens. The materials used in the coating compound, unless specific material maximum
levels are cited in the specification, shall have no known carcinogenic or potentially carcinogenic materials
identified by OSHA (29 CFR 1990) as regulated carcinogens, or IARC latest monographs, or the latest annual report
of the NTP and shall have extremely hazardous substances (EHS) or toxic chemicals identified in 29 CFR
1910.1000, 40 CFR 355 and 372, respectively. The manufacturer shall not, unless specific material maximum levels
are cited in this specification, allow the addition of any of these prohibited materials to the formulation. When any
of these prohibited materials are or may be present, as a result of being present as a trace or impurity in another
ingredient, the concentration of the prohibited material shall not equal or exceed 0.01 percent by weight of the
coating compound (see 6.7). The enamel shall not contain more than 0.005 percent cobalt compounds by weight in
its formulation, unless a cobalt drier is used (see table III). The enamel shall have no adverse effect on the health of
personnel when used for its intended purpose (see 6.8). Questions pertinent to this effect shall be referred by the
contracting activity to the appropriate service medical department that will act as advisor to the contracting activity.
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