Tests show some children’s Halloween outfits ignite within a second and burn for up to ten minutes. 15 UK supermarket Halloween costumes were tested by UK firefighters (Pegswood, Northumberland) with The Sun newspaper. Some ignited within a few seconds and burned...
All 379 people on JAL’s Airbus A350 escaped unhurt when it caught fire after crashing into another plane during landing. Reports suggest that the Airbus was landing normally until one wing hit a small Japan coast guard Bombardier Dash-8 which was stationary on the...
Tolsa webinar presents PIN FR synergists to achieve non-drip fire performance in different polymers. In a 30-minute webinar on the SpecialChem material selection platform, Marta Sacristán Benito explains how Tolsa’s organo-clay PIN additives can achieve UL 94 V-0...
Hyperbranched polysiloxane (PBDSi) containing P and N shows to be an effective FR in polyamide-6 at only 3% loading. Silica, phosphorus containing DOPO and N containing Schiff-base were combined into one PIN FR oligomeric molecule, PBDSi, by reacting commercially...
Overview of polyurethane fire decomposition, smoke toxicity and potential impacts of PIN FRs on smoke release and toxicity. In-depth review by G. Peck (University of Central Lancashire, UK) summarises fire toxicity and smoke production from polyurethane foams, which...
