Heat and fire protection

Fibres for heat and fire protection, clothing for fighter pilots, army and police forces smoke filtration. .. 

Fundamental scientific principles of textile heat and fire protection 246... 

Notwithstanding the above, heat and fire protection afforded by any material is environmentally and time dependent and the concept of a perfectly heat protective textile should be dismissed. Levels of protection are therefore relative rather than absolute and so, for example, should be qualified by time of exposure to a heat source having a defined character (e.g. radiant versus flame), intensity, and temperature as well as a measure of access to oxygen as mentioned above. 

Horrocks AR. Thermal (heat and fire) protection. In Scott R, editor. Textiles for protection. Cambridge Woodhead Publishing 2005. p. 398-440. 

High performance textiles for heat and fire protection 145... 

It is probably evident from the above introductory discussion, and important to realise, that the whole issue of heat and fire protection with respect to textiles is a complex area involving knowledge of elements of fire science, flame retardant treatments, development of heat and fire resistant fibres and derived textile structures and the inter-relationships between regulations, applications and markets. The bibliography lists a number of prime sources of information in these areas, and for an overview of textiles for fire and heat protection the reader should refer in particular to a recent article by this author. In this chapter, the focus will be only on high performance textiles in which fire and heat protection are essential requirements. 

Fundamental physics and chemistry of heat and fire protection... 

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