Dear Friends,
I'm a bit puzzled. Have been listening to all the advice of what to
wear when fighting fires etc., and they continually tell us to wear
natural fibres, never synthetics which will melt and burn more quickly.
Now that's what most people tend to believe. HOWEVER, I distinctly
recall that back in the late 70s when I was nursing in the burns unit
at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital, we were actually shown a
demonstration of the way in which common fabrics burn. It was pointed
out to us that pure cotton will scorch (turn brown) long before it
ignites, and it is while it is scorching that it burns. This was
demonstrated to happen at a temperature quite a bit lower than that
at which nylon melted.
Your comments please.
David in Ballarat
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