Protective clothing with heat and flame resistance for fire fighting is typically heavy, thick and bulky. High density woven fabrics of spunlace nonwoven and needle punching nonwoven were tested respectively to increase comfort and light-weight. The f...
Protective clothing with heat and flame resistance for fire fighting is typically heavy, thick and bulky. High density woven fabrics of spunlace nonwoven and needle punching nonwoven were tested respectively to increase comfort and light-weight. The fabrics of single and dual mirror aluminized film were also tested for heat radiation protection, showing that better performance for double mirror fabric rather than single mirror fabric when exposed to medium density heat flux environment. Thicker fabric with needle punching nonwoven showed better thermal protective performance than that with spunlace nonwoven. Single or dual mirror aluminized film layer had little effect on TPP, however, had significant effect on HTI due to the high reflectance in IR region.