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2023-05-11
Hoque, Md. Saiful, Dolez, Patricia I.
Firefighters, workers in the oil and gas industry, electricians, and military personnel, for example, wear protective clothing made of fire-resistant fabrics constructed from high-performance fibers (1). For firefighters’ protective clothing, the outer shell is generally a blend of different...
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Aging of high-performance fibers used in firefighters' protective clothing: State of the knowledge and path forward
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Md. Saiful Hoque, Patricia I. Dolez
High-performance fibers developed since the 1960s have a wide range of appli-cations including firefighters' protective clothing. Firefighters' protective cloth-ing made of inherently flame-resistant high-performance fibers offers excellentprotection in the new condition. However, these fibers...
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2023-05-11
Dolez, Patricia I., Chung, H.-J, Batcheller, J., Cho, C., Yehia, D., Zheng, L., Braun, C.A., Khalkhali, R., Lin, Z., Chhetry, A., Saha, A., Hoque, Md. Saiful, Khemir, M., Samaraweera, N.
The protective clothing industry and workers at risk of exposure to heat and flame can rely on some high performance materials developed over the last fifty years to provide the protection needed while allowing some level of comfort. This includes a series of inherently thermal- and...