Talk:Nomex

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nomex is a intresting material cause if it can keep a snakes powerful jaws from going through and fire from burning you that is amazing and keeps your balls safe.

Two things. The "hood" drivers use is called a balaclava. And all professional race classes, from pro drag racing to NASCAR to CART to F1, use fireproof driving suits; the top ranks, like F1, require pit crews to use them, too (in case of pitlane fire). trekphiler, 0949 1 June 2006

Nomex is also used extensively in oil field PPE, maybe you should add something to that effect in this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.136.114.151 (talk) 02:46, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Article name
Should this article's name be NOMEX or Nomex? The usage within the article seems ambidextrous, though that could be from many cooks in the kitchen. —EncMstr 23:03, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Proper term, from the official site is NOMEX statsone 03:54, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * That's irrelevant. WP:MOS-TM dictates that unless "NOMEX" is an acronym, its usage on Wikipedia should be "Nomex".--chris.lawson 18:38, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I have posted a comment on the WP:MOS-TM discussion page as the example given is not very good. Using this logic, IBM should be used as Ibm. statsone 05:44, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Nomex Date.
Historical Army reference indicates that NOMEX is a product developed in the 1960s not the 1970s as the article states. This would agree with the Aramid article. --Born2flie 13:58, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Delaware
Is there a reason this should be part of the class? --statsone 05:32, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Guitars made of nomex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_guitar_making#Contemporary_Innovations

read this and add this trivia thing here 129.242.226.91 (talk) 09:41, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

"Simpson Suit"
I've been in the racing safety industry for ten years and have never once heard of a fire suit called a "Simpson Suit". Simpson makes suits but its far from a Genericized trademark. I am removing the reference. Scottanon (talk) 16:17, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Nomex Increasing Frequencies?
I see that the article contains the phrase "increases mid- and low-level frequency sound." I would like someone explain how a passive material is able to increase mid- and low-level frequency sound. Absorbing a frequency I can understand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Analyzing (talk • contribs) 05:18, 17 Feb 2009

Nomex available in 1966
Nomex was being marketed for ironing board covers in 1966 - see: Aberdeen Daily News, May 26, 1966, Page 10. Rupertlt (talk) 23:55, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Nomex and Sound Frequency Interaction
The article says, "Nomex reflects high-frequency sound," This statement needs clarification. if Nomex REFLECTS high-freq, that suggests that as the surface of a wall in a music hall, Nomex would enhance high frequencies. If it enhanced high frequencies, the result would seem to be at the expense of mid & low frequencies. But the statement says in full, "Nomex reflects high-frequency sound,[sic] and increases mid- and low-level frequency sound." So, as written, the statement seems self-contradictory. To increase mid- & low frequencies, one would expect it to do that by aborbing high frequencies instead of reflecting them. It seems impossible that any material would actually increase the energy of a sound wave that hits it. A material could focus sound energy or reflect it. (EnochBethany (talk) 22:36, 19 November 2011 (UTC))

MIL-G-181188B
MIL-G-181188B is a Mil Spec for Nomex suites, and if often called that by personnel, however the labels show "Aramid fibers". I read an article an USAF officer lead an research project to find a fire resist clothing after noting the number of burn casualties from WW2, and could be a very early application of Nomex. Something that needs documenting. Flightsoffancy (talk) 16:13, 8 January 2013 (UTC)