Permanent heat-resistant flame retardancy. Permanent antistatic properties. Permanent resistance to acid, alkali, and organic solvent erosion. High strength, high abrasion resistance, high tear resistance. Does not melt or produce toxic gases when exposed to fire. Thickens when burned, enhancing sealing, without bursting.
Characteristics of Kevlar Fiber:
Applications:
Due to its excellent properties, Kevlar is widely used in various fields, including protective and musical applications, among others:
Armor - Kevlar is an important component of personal armor, including combat helmets, ballistic masks, and bulletproof vests.
Personal protection - Kevlar is used to produce gloves, sleeves, jackets, chaps, and other clothing to protect users from cuts, abrasions, high temperatures, and other hazards. Basic protective gear made from it is often lighter and thinner than equipment made from traditional materials.
Sports equipment - Kevlar can be used as a liner for bicycle tires, in motorcycle safety suits (especially in the shoulder and elbow areas), as a primary material for hang glider suspension lines, and in the fencing industry for making protective jackets, breeches, chest protectors, etc. It is even used in high-performance sailboat sails.
Footwear - With technological advances, Nike first used Kevlar to make shoes to reduce the elasticity of the shoe tops.
Musical instruments - Kevlar is used in drumhead construction, as well as in sound equipment, string instruments, and woodwind instrument reeds.
Other uses - including making non-stick frying pans, cable ropes, cable protectors, brake pads, etc. It can also be used in power generation, expansion joints and hoses, construction, naval turbines, and wind turbines, and has even been used in Motorola RAZR and Droid Maxx smartphones as a back panel.
In the 21st century, Kevlar laminated thin plates with steel, aluminum plates of composite armor, not only have been widely used in tanks, armored vehicles, bulletproof vests, but also in nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and missile destroyers, making the protective performance and mobility of the above weapons have been transformed. At the same time, Kevlar composites with ceramics such as boron carbide are ideal materials for manufacturing helicopter cabins and cockpits. According to tests, its ability to resist armor-piercing bullets is much better than glass and steel armor.