Nomex
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thumb|A firefighter in Toronto, Canada wears a Nomex hood in 2007.
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thumb|A firefighter in Toronto, Canada wears a Nomex hood in 2007.
Nomex is a trademarked term for an inherently flame-resistant fabric with meta-aramid chemistry widely used for industrial applications and fire protection equipment. It was developed in the early 1960s by DuPont and first marketed in 1967.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nomex” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.