Fabric for electric-arc protective clothing, and electric-arc protective clothing

A fabric for woven or knitted arc-protective garments, comprising first yarns and second yarns, wherein

• the first yarns comprise one or more fibers,
• the second yarns comprise one or more fibers,
• the first yarns are different from the second yarns,
• the first yarns comprise first modacrylic fibers,
• the first modacrylic fibers comprise a modacrylic polymer containing 40% to 70% by weight of acrylonitrile, 30% to 57% by weight of a halogen-containing vinyl-based monomer, and 0% to 3% by weight of a sulfonic acid group-containing monomer,
• the first modacrylic fibers comprise an infrared absorber in an amount of 2.5% by weight or more with respect to a total weight of the first modacrylic fibers,
• the infrared absorber is one or more selected from the group consisting of tin oxide-based compounds, titanium oxide-based compounds, and zinc oxide-based compounds,
• the second yarns do not comprise the first modacrylic fibers, or the second yarns contain the first modacrylic fibers in a lower amount than the first yarns,
• the fabric for arc-protective garments comprises the infrared absorber in a weight per unit area of 0.05 oz/yd2 or more,
• the fabric for arc-protective garments are woven or knitted,
• wherein the tin oxide-based compounds, the titanium oxide-based compounds, and the zinc oxide-based compounds are at least one selected from the group consisting of antimony-doped tin oxide, indium tin oxide, niobium-doped tin oxide, phosphorus-doped tin oxide, fluorine-doped tin oxide, antimony-doped tin oxide coating on titanium oxide, iron-doped titanium oxide, carbon-doped titanium oxide, fluorine-doped titanium oxide, nitrogen-doped titanium oxide, aluminum-doped zinc oxide, and antimony-doped zinc oxide.