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A Method for Testing Fabrics with Molten Metals

Jaynes, PS
Senior safety engineersafety consultant, Safety and Plant Protection, Inland Steel Co.Phil Jaynes & Associates, East ChicagoValparaiso, ININ


Pages: 12    Published: Jan 1986


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Abstract

This paper describes a method for testing fabrics with molten metals. The test evaluates the fabric's ability to protect people who are accidentally splashed by metals such as molten iron, aluminum, or brass.

Some test results are discussed to illustrate the application of the test method. The test procedure is substantially the same as a test method for evaluating heat transfer through materials upon contact with molten substances, now being developed by ASTM Subcommittee F23.80 on Molten Substances, a subcommittee of ASTM Committee F-23 on Protective Clothing.


Keywords:
primary protection, secondary protection, protective equipment, calorimeters, molten metal splash test, molten substance splash test, safety, protective clothing, burns, burn prevention, testing, aluminized coats, time to blister, safety equipment, Stoll curve

Paper ID: STP17336S
Committee/Subcommittee: F23.96
DOI: 10.1520/STP17336S
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