SPECIAL SAFETY STUDY. TESTING 'NOMEX' MATERIAL AS HEAT RESISTANT CLOTHING FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION

Abstract

The objective of this series of tests was to determine the best combination of protective clothing (utilizing 'Nomex' material) that would afford the line worker optimum protection against incident conditions. The data was recorded and developed for a period of time up to fourteen seconds. The first three to five seconds, however, are the most critical.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0664122

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Clothing
  • Data Reduction
  • Electricity
  • Environment
  • Fabrics
  • Fibers
  • Heat Flux
  • Instrumentation
  • Lead Wires
  • Materials
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Protective Clothing
  • Static Electricity
  • Test Methods
  • Test Sets
  • Textiles
  • Underwear

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Materials Science