The effect of repeated washings on thermal protective performances of one most used structural firefighting turnout gear in the Gauteng Province in South Africa
Lucas M Kekana,
Joseph KO Asante,
Bonex Mwakikunga
Abstract:Fire performance measurements of one of the most used firefighting protective ensembles (also called turnout gears), in terms of thermal and smoke hazards, were determined with the cone calorimeter, that of thermal stability were determined with thermogravimetric analyzer, the physical inspection (physical degradation) of the surface done with the scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy measurements determined the elemental compositions of the detergent used in washing and the residual… Show more
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