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Nomex




A Nomex hood is a common piece of Firefighting equipment. It is placed on the Head on top of a Firefighter 's Face mask. The hood protects the portions of the head not covered by the Helmet and face mask from the intense Heat of the Fire .
Race Car Driver s commonly use a similar hood to protect them in the event that a Fire engulfs their Car . Military Pilots wear one-piece Coverall s (flight suits) made of over 92% Nomex, to protect them from the possibility of Cockpit fires and other mishaps.

The DuPont scientist responsible for discoveries leading to the creation of Nomex, .


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