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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1999  > June  >
Chemistry Everyday for Everyone
Both Nylon and PET Fibers Burn Continuously under Atmospheric Conditions
Shouei Fujishige, Nagako Maebashi, and Mizue Miyauchi
Laboratory for Polymers and Textiles, Tokyo Kasei University, Tokyo 173-8602, Japan
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June 1999
Vol. 76 No. 6
p. 793
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In contrast to the descriptions in many textbooks, it was confirmed by taking two series of photographs that both nylon and PET fibers burn continuously even after the ignition flame has been removed. The photographs also show that a small spherical fire ball forms and occasionally leaves from the flame. Considerable precautions should be taken to prevent those fire balls from causing any trouble—not only a skin burn, but also a big fire.
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Fujishige, Shouei; Maebashi, Nagako; Miyauchi, Mizue. J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 793.
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