Analyzing stored thermal energy and thermal protective performance of clothing

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1124-1138

  Song, Guowen ^a   Cao, Wei ^b   Gholamreza, Farzan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

minimum exposure time; Protective clothing; second degree skin burn; stored thermal energy; thermal hazard

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; THERMAL ENERGY;

EXPOSURE-TIME; PROTECTIVE PERFORMANCE; SKIN BURN; STORED THERMAL ENERGY; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL HAZARDS; THERMAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHINGS; THERMAL PROTECTIVE PERFORMANCE;

HOSIERY MANUFACTURE;

EID: 79959704085     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517511398943     Document Type: Article

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