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"Fireproof" Nomex® III gloves
This is the inside of a Nomex® III oven glove. Nomex is that funky, cream-colored material you see race-car drivers wearing underneath their leathers: it's a superb fireproof synthetic textile invented in the 1960s by Dr Wilfred Sweeny and manufactured by DuPont. Ordinary Nomex is a close chemical relative of Kevlar®; Nomex III is a blend of Nomex and Kevlar.
This is from our inroductory article about Nomex and its applications.
Our images are published under a Creative Commons Licence (see opposite) and are free for noncommercial use. We also license our images for commercial use. Please contact us directly via our website for more details.
Nomex, Kevlar, and DuPont are registered trademarks of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
"Fireproof" Nomex® III gloves
This is the inside of a Nomex® III oven glove. Nomex is that funky, cream-colored material you see race-car drivers wearing underneath their leathers: it's a superb fireproof synthetic textile invented in the 1960s by Dr Wilfred Sweeny and manufactured by DuPont. Ordinary Nomex is a close chemical relative of Kevlar®; Nomex III is a blend of Nomex and Kevlar.
This is from our inroductory article about Nomex and its applications.
Our images are published under a Creative Commons Licence (see opposite) and are free for noncommercial use. We also license our images for commercial use. Please contact us directly via our website for more details.
Nomex, Kevlar, and DuPont are registered trademarks of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.