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GARMENT MATERIAL TESTED: Blue Nomex
®
Ensemble or
Element
Performance
Requirement
Test Method Requirement Result
Garment material Chemical
penetration
resistance ASTM F903
(Section 8.4)
No penetration for
at least 1 hour for
each of the speci-
fied chemicals
See separate
table
Burst strength ASTM D751
(Section 8.8)
Strength ≥ 135 N
749 N
Puncture
propagation
tear resistance ASTM D2582
(Section 8.6)
Tear resistance ≥
25 N 64 N
Cold
temperature
performance ASTM D747
(Section 8.7)
Bending moment
≤ 0.057 Nm
MD: 0.001 Nm
XM: 0.001 Nm
Garment seam Chemical
penetration
resistance test ASTM F903
(Section 8.4)
No penetration for
at least 1 hour for
each of the speci-
fied chemicals
See separate
table
Seam breaking
strength ASTM D751
(Section 8.8)
Strength ≥ 33 N/25
mm
186 N/25 mm
Garment closure Chemical
penetration
resistance ASTM F903
(Section 8.4)
No penetration for
at least 1 hour for
each of the speci-
fied chemicals
N/A
Closure breaking
strength ASTM D751
(Section 8.8)
Strength ≥ 33 N/25
mm
114 N/25 mm
Garment material Total heat loss ASTM F 1868,
Method C
(section 8.20)
Total heat loss
(report only)
567 W/m
2
Apparent intrinsic
evaporative resis-
tance (report only)
0.0053
kPa *m
2
/W
Intrinsic thermal
resistance (report
only) 0.0218 K *m
2
/W
Evaporative
resistance ASTM F 1868,
Method B
(section 8.25)
Evaporative resis-
tance report only
12.514
Pa *m 2 /W