| abstract |
Methods of protecting a person, animal or other object from hot high heat capacity and/or hot corrosive materials, such as hot molten metal, hot oily liquids (e.g., heating oil), hot gels, hot solids, hot sparks, and hot acids. The methods include protecting a person, animal or other object from hot molten metals, such as liquid metal zinc heated to a temperature of about 950 °F (510 °C) or greater, hot molten aluminum heated to a temperature of about 1150 0F (620 °C) or greater, burning phosphorus at temperature of about 1550 °F (843 °C) or greater, hot solid iron having a temperature of about 500 °F (260 °C) or greater, hot heating oil having a temperature of about 500 °F (260 °C) or greater, and hot hydrochloric acid having a temperature of about 300 °F (150 °C) or greater. The ability to protect a wearer from heat from hot high heat capacity materials and/or hot corrosive materials is quite different from simply shedding liquids, even flammable liquids, such as gasoline is unexpected. |