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Betore gony too the

topiC we wnll nous about
Onu ral -
t1ne
ncident. This was
appened On last qeav Dec 24

Theve was
aYace, the YaceYman oivinga his Cay at
Boo Km (hr
Svddenty a Etre blows ovt
qnd he SKid o Ino Cvosh bar1ey, He
Servive the Cosh
bt
energy fIpatt generaeis Erovqh nough
heat and
made the Fuel tankto
eplode. And Ehe toare tre

Cavgte five. Fortunate,

h Dnver wearng he nney body

made
ot, an qmazna tame Yesistant matemal calted Noe.

Here, he Ouwe his He by a Plece ot amazng chumital Tuehnology.

Let s oA a Closur look at how nomer uwoyks qnd Sem

OEhe ottev thngs ta be wsed tor

NoMEx :

Nomex 6brard nam for LaE Qndtlame r e s s t g o E t e t t l e

made by th Pupont Chmtal Company . Ioventrd by Wilgred

Scotland
Sweeny3 Catasgow

Techotcaly tt 1s Call ed Sytte aromate potjamde Pogme

Ithe t s ateed o a3s

Ovgtral Nome Patent,

Poly cavbongntde
 Synthutic mqns made a Chemlal Lab. Synthttc ttilt

CSe 0s poyest, nylon &So on) ae art1tual, huma made Chemicas

Cooked byhmists.

Avomattc mqns molecules In aomee Are bosed oo Connutd

ngs Ot akomS ath than Seraqt lne brqnthd stutures.

Potyamde mans lots ot mdecwles Conneeked

(to Chans .I Chemsty PoLy reaty Juse mans manY

Poyaide anS Goyamides
CAcmno actc+Carboy hc aced

Potym oP Chumical en fy Ptasttc. It us ual a

ant moleoude mad o many Cpouy- repelttos of baste Unt

Calted monome C-me),

NOmLx S a man made tmttte whose Mnglike mosdmevs

arebOnded Eoquthev nEo tovqh, long ains Ee make mmnsly
Strong fibres.

Hruak Nomt UP nd Sore lt inEo s atoms , we have

sou eat ples o ovbo hy orogen, Ouyg And NiEgen

R 2

NoMEX
STRUCTURE OF -
 lcss g1d becav bends 1 polmer Chatn

Pome S
Spun In to ber

Nomex S md (nto Sheuts qnd the foYmed

Pope

hony Comb hapes

* Avom atte
Potyandes Suh ag Nonex areottts Catt ed

amids for Short

Chemal Nomi s poy m-pheoylene diamte

Tsophthalammde . Nomex ( a ' M e t a avamtd C-aramid).

*Aram1ds made t wo- Stage precess.

Y S t , th Bastc tolmes 1S made by eathg Eogether

g4tC CCarbon-basd) Subs tances ofor aand

n the' Sauerd Stage, the liqud S Spv Ovt 6o make

Seld HEes, which Can hen be wovn nto.ecet1tes oY Con veréd

nto 5heetfovm

Nome genuvaly Comes 3 Atn els

OIt's ethe used by tsetf Cas too). Nomee

Blended with upto 6o. Kerlar

Blend ed wit Kevlay ad Some Qntt - Statte tibres s

Koowo as Vom (1.

 What makeS nome eot 2

Two Sperb Popentes Nomu make a pertect

Protctive matu al 4o a ce- Car dnvcrs

born ing
NomLx boras ohen w hol o a tame Up to (E E Stops

as Soe as hat Sovrce S emoved

Is (nherentty FLame s I s Eaot.

et Syothite bres
Just as mportast Ehe Ehicle uwom Servetur

4S to ravel
ot biat It akeS tme fo heat
Poo:Condvto

throvqh Nomec

Hopetoly, by tmat me we are awa Jromthe ames qnd

Out 0f dang.

rgroal nome Patent 5. Samples Omatemat were

Cottot bac tiame tese.

Conpaved wr 5 Stmtlay Samples f

Here Coton Sample Cawght ftre tn Just 2 Seconds anol buyned

fo (3-430 Sec

T h e Nomi* (gotted mech more SLowly Cafter abovE 4 Secs)

and StoPped borntng atuY a mere 5 Seconds when tame was

moved.

Apat ror wah hat res(stane retavclance Cet

Structur of nonex S
doesot mut oy dp , the touqh, woven

and doesnt wateY

entremely S6nong
NOEe Nome doesnt Yeally burn, whu I
opplted a match
gey, oearing Cese qloves, the Nome lI blackenet

Chayd but dde

actvalty get ught.

PREPAPATION
Potymey ormaton

Condensatos yatuo ro Che monomvs

yapor /gas oto (wid CConveYson).

A
eahon o whch two molecoles to for (ag molecwle by

Prod uc79 ancatt olecwls Sh as Hao as b y o d u t

-phenylene diamne &Tsophthaloy! Chlovide.

Cenera( AromaEnc potyamdes Shoutd be prepoid o m

aYo mati dicaboeylie acd and aromatt damioes.

But aromot1c dtca bouy le aoid are voraave EhaE's

Use more ate avomatic ad Chlordes here,

Stup -1L
Mixtre

Hexa-mthuy Phospho amide

Cottal

as.
N-mmyl Pyrrolidone

St-
Miwtur + Polyphenyleoe damine
 H, NHa ctco In amtde Solvent (on4
cAco

Chotn payammde wher

3-phtoyltoe 1sophtaloyi at ast 85. o amde )Aages

d uane dichlorde
av atached dIYeety

- 2n

2 Aromate Yn-9s.

NH NH- to.

Nome

Stps ManvtacEorlog
Polyme fovmation
Spinning
a Preparatton ot dope Soltton

cSoltd uation

OThe Pom ohrent

Vscosrty (65 di g was des elVed (n

dimet omamid CDME) beltog pont (6s°c t give Stock Sowth

O+
20 7 pouymer whc 4.5/. lithum Chloride Cicl wwas adeded bo

(mpror Solvent PoweY

The Sotutton was dry Spu hrough

-

otces Ot al3 duamte n

hot ar at 200-pc qnd wound up ae
speeds of (25 m mn

Alttmatvely 1E Can be wtt - Spun by

Coagutating In water, Thao weUnd
Ufbve uas eutvaed to Cold watu fov 6 4 h t o
remove icl -

Inovganic
4att q-d thalty dramo S.5 times ts Ovginal leng bt n Steam at 56 Psi ressune.
vepavatoo
Nome

Proclued as wovo materal oY hony Comsb Stru twre

Hony tomb SEruttures
re ated by bres Hils
o make
th (aye of
Pop
Lious Of ad besive ae placed OPape anoEhen another Sheet of
S placed
ono:i
Pocess piated as Neded
Prodve is eenheat cuidat hgh ttmperatre anc Avras

Paper hat do not have, adhestve O th epand inEo, hesagms.

he Eepa-ded Joim: 1S ditped epeatedy id. Phenolc vesi

and Oven Cved onttlte aches Yeqvred densvty

Thhe Block Sheets Cut InEo deslved Shapes
7

Comoe a) Prodotop et Nome was SGastid n1965,

Ths b ls Used fo re- sughting apral, Fo alCo the

YesIstance aca7 st tiame, Soke and hqh acl tation heat.

1he
Polyamtde ibr s qlso osed fo PoteeeVe
at Smeltng jtroaces
oIn o roeres.

The huat veslstat

pome hes aoleculay Stuttne tthat ts

Ehermaly Eabte and Stand vp o (ong -

Euom Use at
Eempeatuye
oVeY 3oo c .
 PROPERITIES

Excellknt Ehrmal
resIstance bu ather poov mechasltal ProPeriEes
for a rtorante dte .

wugt Great purablty Louo ey Cost

Low restsane to
Yollnq CAl»CYatt ires).
Modulus 5o APa Relatve Penstj= l-38 gc
Tensil
SE~inqth 5 Pa Speehu qaviy o.T2 to t.l
Etnswn to g /c
rak 207.

Hah ohrent drere Seqtt *Mihan Cal Touhness

Thuvnal Stalbiltt *Aott- Static h Shmnk reststqot
Le feublrt
EOsy Care
Lou Reslance
Resistant bo ndustmal orls,
Vey hqh tump eatue sIstance
Selvents and hemicals

ae tasty absox bed and eed nto fabrc

HY9roScopiC CAbsob mostwre tron enVio OmEt),

* tah Elongatuon

Huqh Tenstle Stregth

*Hugh Abrasio Rnd Teay YesIstace

Sotte fung bre

* Chemmal Stabdt at g% Emperature n Aromat1c poyqmdes

*Louw Stthess ot bre due Chmca bonollng Yqn9iment

Cut Res1stqnt.
 ArPLICAt loNS

Soltders Put on body amoY a-d

vsed by eplosie Cperts

Race Cav
vers, ASEronauts, fve tghters Qnd mlGury pesonne
sed.

Scd (n osehotd qloves

To Sht orm, hatproof Oamerftneds any Ses autumob|lis .

nclodng hgh timpeator heses and Insulatioo foy park ptugs

h molecuta Seuctore Sops eeccuty ot9 trovgh t .

NOmex s rbrmy Pooy Coduetor alnost petedt (svlat

NOmUr S made nto o m of Sheets, papers o boards nd aets as

nsulating atenal Jov at indls ot electreat eqpment tron

ofors and qeneatOvs Eo Erastormers qnc other electr cal EqwIpents.

IH s often (anated t r t t Mytaz make Seronge, ougher

(n
SutaEtng m
oktma Ehat usovhs a t
hqhEempevature
Two Ply Nomer latoate
-

Mya LS Calted NAM

Three Ply-NMN CNone goes eltthev Stcle of MyoY.

Four Ply NMNM
Dve to Vemy Eong wught sed aeros Poc

fpheatons
Nome Sht S wdey Used t ake hony tonb rejntorcement

(nsde htr copter biades nd A (p Lqn Ca ns

Special Atpttuato
Nomea o zobots

Fo NASA, Nom s
[iEerally out ej t wold
Its materual
thuy used on
Pp-up lat dot dtng Eoplore
robot
a planet
Crawltn9 rover, destqoed CPUFFEk)
oFrErm places (¢ke
fotd Eset out
mas
ke a
Ptece o hteh Oga
PuFFER body ,worpid
Oome to
pyotect Ero
Etrum tempercatyre and halr.

REFERENCES

Manufactured Fbr Techoolog y BooK

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V.B. Gtup ta and V. kothoY).