Fire Tests of Advanced Aramid Blends and Treatments

摘要

Full scale fuel fire pit tests were performed on three different groups of flight suits. The purpose of these tests was to compare the fire protective quality, as related to percent body burned, or super flame-resistant nomex blends. The materials test were: (1) Super flame resistant nomex, (2) PBI (Polybenzimidazole) - Super flame resistant nomex, (3) Super flame resistant nomex camouflage and (4) Nomex III, tested as a control. Nomex III is a 95/5% Nomex-Kevlar blend and is the standard sage green 27P flight suit currently being used by Navy and Air Force. The tests were conducted at the Naval Air Development Center's Facility and the suits were subjected to three second exposures using JP-4 fuel. One of the camouflage suits was tested at four seconds. Keywords: Burn injury, Fire protection, Fuel fire tests, JP-4 fuel, Protecting, Super flame resistant Nomex, PBI-Super flame resistant Nomex. (jes)