How Face Paint Could Protect Soldiers' Faces A test of the heat-
resistant face paint. The temperature is listed in degrees
Celsius. CREDIT: Robert Lochhead. Future camouflage face paint
might not only hide soldiers from the enemy, but it could also
shield them from the searing heat of bomb blasts, researchers
say. Bomb detonations generate two dangerous blasts, explained
researcher Robert Lochhead at the University of Southern
Mississippi. "First comes a blast wave of high pressure that
spreads out at supersonic speeds and can cause devastating
internal injuries,” Lochhead said. “A thermal blast follows
almost instantaneously. It is a wave of heat that exceeds 1,112
degrees Fahrenheit (600 degrees Celsius) — that's as hot as a
burning cigarette. The thermal blast lasts only two seconds, but
it can literally cook the face, hands and other exposed skin."
To protect soldiers from bombs, scientists endeavored to develop
a material that can get smeared on faces like sunscreen, leaving
behind a coating that is thin