EMR/RFR/MWR body shield composition

Claim 1

Wearing apparel for shielding a wearer from electromagnetic or radio frequency or microwave radiation produced by electronic equipment; wherein the apparel comprises a shell of flexible material containing a flexible insert having a copper-based coating applied thereon in an amount sufficient to shield the wearer from the electromagnetic, radio frequency or microwave radiation; the insert being made by the following steps: (a) preparing electroless plated copper, which comprises the following steps in the order named: (i) adding to an alcohol reaction bath copper particles to a concentration of about 25% to about 35% w/v relative to the alcohol component; (ii) adding distilled water in an amount of about 200.00% to about 300.00% w/v relative to the alcohol component; (iii) adding a non-ionic surfactant to a concentration of about 0.0009% to 0.06% w/v relative to the alcohol component; (iv) adding a dilute acid to a concentration of about 0.5% to about 2.0% w/v relative to the alcohol component; (v) adding an anionic surfactant to a concentration of about 0.050% to about 0.100% w/v relative to the alcohol component; (vi) adding a plating metal to a concentration of about 1.0% to about 4.5% w/v relative to the alcohol component to produce plate copper particles; (vii) collecting the plated copper particles by filtration; (Viii) washing the treated copper with water; (ix) washing the plated copper particles with alcohol; (x) adding the plated copper particles to a solvent base resin to produce a plated copper/resin mixture having a plated copper particle to resin ratio of about 0.5:1 to about 8:1, and (b) applying the plated copper/resin mixture to a substrate.