SUMMARY INTRODUCTION FLAMMABILITY OF FIBRES AND FABRICS FACTORS AFFECTING THE FLAMMABILITY OF APPAREL Fabric construction Surface texture Garment design Presence of contaminants FLAME RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT OF FLAME RESISTANCE FLAME RETARDANTS FLAMMABILITY STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS TEST METHODS FOR FLAME RESISTANT APPAREL APPLICATIONS OF FLAME RESISTANT FABRICS IN PERFORMANCE APPAREL INDUSTRIAL WORKWEAR FIREFIGHTERS' APPAREL PROFESSIONAL RACING APPAREL KEY PRODUCERS OF FLAME RESISTANT FIBRES AND FABRICS AND THEIR PRODUCTS BASOFIL FIBERS: BASOFIL DUPONT: NOMEX GUN EI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: KYNOL KANEKA CORPORATION: KANECARON AND PROTEX KERMEL: KERMEL PBI PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS: PBI RHODIA: PROBAN TEIJIN TECHNO PRODUCTS: TEIJINCONEX WESTEX: INDURA OUTLOOK
List of tables Table 1: Size of the heat and flame retardant protective clothing market in Western Europe, 2002-2012 Table 2: Flammability of natural and man-made fibres Table 3: Limiting oxygen index (LOI) of natural and man-made fibres Table 4: USA: Flammable Fabrics Act: classes of fabric flammability Table 5: EU standards for flame resistant clothing Table 6: Vertical flame test results Table 7: Properties of Basofil Table 8: Nomex: applications and levels of protection Table 9: Properties of Kynol fibres Table 10: Physical properties of Protex Table 11: Properties of Protex blend fabrics Table 12: Physical properties of Kermel fibre Table 13: Physical properties of TeijinConex fibre
