23 people died in a nightclub fire in Thailand, with flammable foam blamed for the rapid fire spread. The fire on 4th August in the MountainB nightclub, Chonburi Province, 150 km from Bangkok, is stated to have been accelerated by flammable soundproofing foam on walls...
Vancouver City fire services say lithium ion batteries have caused 5 fire deaths this year with battery fires are increasing. Five out of seven fire deaths in the city by June 2022 were caused by batteries, with five times more battery fires occurring than in 2016. A...
Overview of battery fire risks, flame retardant solutions and technology perspectives. 60 pages. 125 references. Current lithium-ion batteries stock up to 250 Wh/kg of energy, but this could in theory increase to 3 500 Wh/kg, so increasing fire and explosion risks....
Pinfa member IMERYS has launched a range of mineral flame retardant (FR) synergists for engineered thermoplastics. The synergists are morphologically and chemically engineered for use in thermoplastics. Each product provides unique performance enhancing properties in...
German sports electric car uses Lanxess (pinfa member) non-halogenated flame retardant nylon for charger heat dissipation. The charging system manufacturer is Leopold Kostal GmbH, Luedenscheid, Germany, a global automotive, solar and electrical contact system...
