Magnesium and aluminium minerals from coal power plant flue gas scrubbing can be recycled as PIN flame retardants. The 1 400 MW coal power plant, Nantong, Jiangsu, China, operates lime/gypsum flue gas desulphurisation (FGD), with an objective of zero liquid discharge....
APP with bio-based cobalt phytate reduce heat release, smoke production, density and toxicity from polyurethane foam. The recognised workhorse PIN flame retardant, ammonium polyphosphate (APP), was dosed at 33% loading in polyurethane rigid foam during foaming...
Penta-BDE was fed to mother mice at 0.4 mg/kg body weight per day (orders of magnitude higher than general human population exposure). PBDEs were transferred to offspring both in utero and in lactation and resulted in modifications in brain chemistry and in behaviour...
Recycled ABS was obtained from a plastic producer in China. Levels of individual FRs analysed in the ABS were highest for BTBPE at 1.8 mg/kg, with DecaBDE (BDE 209), several other brominated FRs and TPHP and EHDPP also around 1 mg/kg. Results showed that lipophilic...
pinfa online worldwide event, on fire safety of green energies, from AMI Fire Resistance in Plastics Düsseldorf, 1st December 2021, 16h – 17h30 CET. Speakers will include the US National Fire Protection Association, the National Research Council of Canada, EPRI...
