Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Van Brode Milling Company Inc.
- Summary
- Chemical desalter packets made by the Van Brode Milling Company were designed to be used in conjunction with the desalinization bags. The desalter kits in the survival rucksack contained a desalter process bag, desalter tablets, and bag repair tape. The desalter bags are plastic with a filter at the bottom. Approximately one pint of seawater is put into a bag and one tablet added. After one hour, drinking water may be taken through a valve on the bottom of the bag.
- This bag was not flown. NASA transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1978.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the NASA - Johnson Space Center
- Inventory Number
- A19782008012
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Survival
- Materials
- Exterior: Brown paper
- Box: Tin
- Contents: Salt removing/neutralizing chemicals
- Exterior bag: Plastic
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Each): 4.4 x 1.3 x 11.4cm (1 3/4 x 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19782008012
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9b462fcd2-21fa-4d26-a4dc-8d5f7049e06f
