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PROTECTIVE NONWOVEN TECHNICAL TEXTILES | Tekstil ve Konfeksiyon | ISSN: 1300-3356
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PROTECTIVE NONWOVEN TECHNICAL TEXTILES
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[ Volume: 17 Issue: 3 / JULY - SEPTEMBER 2007 ]
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Protective clothes are the clothes used to protect the people from various dangers and/or reduce this damaging risk. Protection against heat and radiation for fire fighter clothing, against molten metals for welders, for bullet proof jackets etc, all these thinks are obtained by the usage of technical textiles with high performance fibers. In bullet proof jackets, special fiber aramid is used which have high tenacity, high thermal resistance and low shrinkage. Glass fiber is also used in fire proof jackets due to its high strength, chemical and flame resistance. Depending on the specific application, protective clothes must reduce the risks of exposure to chemical or biological materials, flame and heat sources, or electrostatic discharges and electromagnetic radiation and protect a variety of workers (in laboratories, medical establishments or environments containing hazardous materials), firefighters, police and military personnel from weapons, such as bullets and knives. Protective clothing is also used by the astronauts when they go in space. Their suits where covered with special chemicals including lead to protect them from suns heat, their suit not only made from special fibers but their airship was also lined with special fabric.
Key Words: Technical textiles, non-woven, protective clothes, thermal resistance, specal fiber
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