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Property
 
l        good resistance to abrasion

l        good resistance to organic solvents

l        nonconductive

l        no melting point, degradation starts from 500°C

l        low flammability

l        good fabric integrity at elevated temperatures

l        sensitive to acids and salts

l        sensitive to ultraviolet radiation

l        prone to static build-up unless finished
 

Application
 
l         Flame-resistant clothing (example military MIL-G-181188B suits).

l        heat protective clothing and helmets

l        body armor, competing with PE based fiber products such as Dyneema and Spectra

l        composite materials

l        asbestos replacement (e.g. brake linings)

l        hot air filtration fabrics

l        tires, newly as Sulfron (sulfur modified Twaron)

l        mechanical rubber goods reinforcement

l        ropes and cables

l        wicks for fire dancing

l        optical fiber cable systems

l        sail cloth (not necessarily racing boat sails)

l        sporting goods

l        drumheads

l        wind instrument reeds, such as the Fibracell brand

l        loudspeaker diaphragms

l        boathull material

l        fiber reinforced concrete

l        reinforced thermoplastic pipes

l        tennis strings (e.g. by Ashaway and Prince tennis companies)

l        hockey sticks (normally in composition with such materials as wood and carbon)

l        snowboards

l        jet engine enclosures