Tosaf’s PIN FR PP compound meets stringent fire performance and smoke criteria for domestic appliances and construction. The PIN FR polypropylene-based compound meets UL 94 V-5A at 1.6 mm, EN13501-1 BS1 do, NFPA 286, ASTM E162, NF P 92 503/507 M1 and LPS 1207....
Royal fire death: eighteen fire fighters were mobilised near Saint Etienne France on 9th August to deal with an apartment fire. One resident was hospitalised because of smoke. The fire however caused one death, that of a Royal Python, in whose terrarium the fire...
NeoGraf Solutions’s new expandable graphite offers onset temperature over 270°C enabling new applications. The new grade, with particle size of 300 microns, plastics can be used as a PIN flame retardant in plastics including polypropylene, polystyrene, PET, polyamides...
DTNW Germany has launched research into organoboron compounds as safer alternative smoke suppressant PIN FRs for the automotive and construction sectors. Boric acid and its salts are very effective FRs in terms of fire resistance and smoke suppression, acting by...
Milk-derived casein protein reacted with magnesium hydroxide and showed to be an effective PIN FR coating for timber. The reaction was carried out at 70°C with sodium hydroxide and the resulting compound was then spread on 20 mm scotch pine wood samples and dried at...
