Is Your Clothing Really That Safe?

ISEF · 2024 Materials Science

Melancon, Madelyn · Terrebonne High School

Overview

I got to set different clothing materials on fire with the help of a firefighter. Knowing how safe your clothing is, is really important if you have a job like a firefighter or working in the oil field. I set up tea light candles under 3 pieces of fabric and observed what happened over the course of 2 minutes. The goal of the experiment was to find out what clothing materials were the most fire resistant.

Competition history

ISEF 2024 Materials Science · Entry MATS026 · Los Angeles, California, United States

Resources

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