MATERIALS AND METHODS

• Main Authors: Michel B. Ducharme, John Frim, Civil Instihlte, Environmental Medicine
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.504.8940; http://www.lboro.ac.uk/microsites/lds/EEC/ICEE/textsearch/94articles/Ducharme1994.pdf

Recently, a new type of diving suit fabric called thenno-metal neoprene was introduced on the market It consists of a closed-cell neoprene with the inner cloth lining coated with metal. The metal-coated lining is claimed 10 act as a reflective barrier that minimises radiative heat loss from the body and hence, improves the thermal properties of the fabric by 25 % over uncoated neoprene. The objective of the present shldy was 10 verify the claims of the manufacturer by comparing the insulation of two thermo-metal neoprenes (titanium and stainless steel coated) to the current Canadian Forces (CF) Arctic diving suit neoprene in a dry environment at 1 atmosphere and in a wet environment under pressures 10 simulate dives up to 100 m.