Originally posted by Flight-ER-Doc: [b] Kevlar doesn't melt, it burns to ash. Its the same stuff as Nomex. I had a piece of kevlar (spall blanket in an M113) that I was going to do a demo on once....all that was left was a fine brown ash.
The sample I had melted, or at least the outer cover melted once it was sprayed with gas and lit. Perhaps mine wasn't true Kevlar? [/b]
Maybe the cover....kevlar is a thread-like product that can be twisted into bigger threads/yarns for fabrics. It doesn't really have a 'cover' but in use (as in body armor) the layers are encased in a plastic envelope to keep the kevlar clean and dry.
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