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Kevlar® Fiber By Justin Stroeve
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What the Kevlar fiber is…
Aramid fiber is an aromatic polyamide
Aramid fiber is a high strength, organic, flame resistant fiber that is also flame resistant, charring at 800ºF (425ºC).
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Stephanie Kwolek Is the researcher who researched the material and
designed the bulletproof vest out of it.
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What things Kevlar fiber can be made into…• Kevlar fiber can be made into so many
different things because of its very many unique characteristics.
• It can be made to be very rigid or very flexible.
• It can be made into a variety of different clothing types, boats, skis, bulletproof vests, ropes, cables…. etc.
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Inprovments over the past 100yrs http://
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bulletproof+material+tests&page=2
It is said to go back as far as the late 1800’s when
Japan and Korea developed some of the first
bulletproof vests!
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Protection Kevlar is used extensively in the police force, security, and
in the military.