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The Effect of Wear and Laundering on the Moisture Management Performance of Nomex Base Layer Garments

Creator:

Couvrette, Skye T.

Abstract:

Apparel has been described as a portable environment (Jintu & Tsang, 2008). This portable environment has the ability to facilitate human presence in a variety of situations, conditions, and circumstances that would otherwise be uncomfortable, harmful, or even fatal. Personal protective garments (PPGs) that provide thermal insulation from external heat...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

international conflicts have drawn much needed attention to the thermal protective aspect of PPGs. In 2009, 75