NEWS
Consultation on supply chain transparency
To 25th March, Canada, consultation on information and labelling on chemicals in products, including FRs in furniture
READ MOREEU EcoDesign sells TVs in the Americas
‘Best Buy’ announces EU TV EcoDesign criteria for its leading TVs, so excluding halogenated FRs from enclosures and stand. The company is one of the world’s biggest electronics retailers with nearly US$50 billion turnover and nearly 1 200 stores worldwide.
READ MOREUK businesses fail on fire safety
Survey by equipment & servicing company JLA says UK companies do not ensure fire safety for sites, staff and visitors.
READ MOREWWF on chemical recycling of plastics
NGO says top priorities are to reduce and reuse, and chemical recycling must show verifiable, positive carbon footprint.
READ MOREpinfa Annual Report 2021
An active year for pinfa in Europe & worldwide: five new members, strategy and advocacy, new communications tools.
READ MORERecycling and perspectives for FRs
pinfa has launched an analysis of how recycling regulation and technologies will offer opportunities for PIN flame retardants.
READ MOREpinfa roadmap for Chemicals Sustainability
pinfa has outlined a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability roadmap for FRs to address Green Deal opportunities. The EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, part of the Green Deal, was published in October 2020 and foresees far-reaching developments in chemicals regulation and policies in Europe (summary pinfa Newsletter n°119).
READ MORE1 000 London buildings are fire-unsafe
London Fire Brigade says 1 149 buildings in London need a 24-hour “waking watch” because of severe fire safety defects. These “waking watches” were put into place in fire-unsafe buildings in London following the Grenfell Tower fire, in which 72 people died.
READ MORENumerical modelling of Grenfell fire – bis
Modelling study, funded by Kingspan, concludes tenability inside Grenfell flats was independent of insulating material. Kingspan is the manufacturer of one of the insulation cladding products which burnt in the Grenfell Tower fire.
READ MOREFire retardant coatings for wood and timber
The European Coatings webforum showed how PIN FRs enable safe use in buildings of the renewable material, wood. The webinar, hosted by Katrin Vogt, European Coatings Journal, brought together nearly...
READ MORESika Deutschland
Markus Wöhr, Sika Deutschland (soon to be a member of the Sherwin Williams group), explained that FR intumescent coatings combine a blowing agent, carbon source, catalyst, and a binder, and so generate a protective carbon char foam in case of fire.
READ MOREDemand for PIN FRs expected to grow
New market studies predict ongoing growth in global demand for flame retardants, especially PIN FRs, driven by fire safety, increased used of polymers and other flammable materials, and environmental and recycling requirements.
READ MOREPIN FR performance PPA for EVs and E&E
Solvay’s partially bio-based long-chain PPA achieves UL94 V-0 (at 0.4 mm) with processability, strength and stability. The non-halogenated flame retardant polyphthalamide formulations offer processing advantages of high glass transition temperature and melting point (Tg 135°C, Tm 315°C) adapted to non-blistering reflow soldered surface mount devices (SMD) and parts in cooling systems for power electronics or fluid connectors, and to production of miniaturised components
READ MOREInovia Materials ionic liquid PIN FRs
Ionic liquids as PIN FRs for a range of polymers, offering fire resistance and low impact on performance and processing. The ionic liquids, based on salts in which one ion has delocalised charge and one component is organic and biodegradable, contain phosphorus, nitrogen and sulphur, and afford structure design flexibility enabling performance in different polymers.
READ MOREBio-based FR is Dyson Awards finalist
A biopolymer extracted from seaweed wins University of Waterloo, Canada, place in James Dyson student Awards.
READ MOREReactive PIN FR for polyurethane foam
A reactive phosphorus – nitrogen PIN FR improved both fire performance and mechanical properties in flexible PUR foam. A complex dihydroxy P – N molecule 2- (( bis (2-hydroxyethyl) amino) methyl) -5,5-dimethyl -1,3,2-dioxaphosphinane 2-oxide (HAMPP) was synthetised in three reaction stages and tested in flexible polyurethane foam at 0 – 10% loading.
READ MOREPolyphosphoramide PIN FR for PLA
A polymeric phosphorus – nitrogen PIN FR was synthesised without using solvent achieving UL 94 V-0 in PLA at 2% loading. The polyphosphoramide DM-H was synthesised in a two-step, one-pot controlled condensation reaction, without solvents or catalysts, using HAD (1,6-hexanediamine) and DMMP (dimethyl methyl-phosphonate), resulting in an oligomer MW = 6 800 g/mol containing c. 7 -11 wt% N and 12 – 16 wt% P
READ MOREComparing PIN and halogenated FRs in PP
A novel PIN FR achieved fire and mechanical performance comparable to a brominated/antimony FR package. In polypropylene, a novel mono-constituent, intumescent PIN FR (PNP1D, combining phosphate ester, polyhydroxyl and melamine) was compared to DecaBDE or DecaBDE+HBCD (Br-FRs) with ATO (antimony trioxide).
READ MOREIntumescent PIN FRs for decorative wood
Fraunhofer WKI and DTNW Germany launch research into PIN FR intumescent coatings as safer alternative PIN FRs for wood surfaces in building construction.
READ MOREUS EPA concludes “unreasonable risks” to the environment and to workers from the brominated flame retardant HBCD
The updated and final Risk Assessment of hexabromocyclododecane and the cyclic aliphatic bromide cluster (HBCD), published by the US Environmental Protection Agency on 29th December 2021, supersedes the use-specific no unreasonable risk determinations of the previous version (September 2020).
READ MOREStockholm Convention confirms Dechlorane Plus as POP and moves on to risk management and control
The 17th meeting of the POPs Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention adopted the Risk Profile of the halogenated flame retardant Dechlorane Plus, concluding that there is evidence for persistence, bioaccumulation and adverse effects on organisms and widespread environmental occurrence including in remote regions leading “to significant adverse human health and/or environmental effects such that global action is warranted”.
READ MOREOrganophosphorus FR metabolites detected in urban air
Metabolites of five OPFR (organophosphate ester flame retardants) TCEP, TCPP, TDCPP (chlorinated) and TBEP, TPhP (non-chlorinated) were analysed in samples of air from 18 megacities worldwide (Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling – Megacities programme).
READ MORELimited correlations between organophosphate esters and blood pressure in children and adolescents
A study of 1 194 persons aged 6 – 18 in Liuzhou, China, compared urinary levels of TCEP, BCIPHIPP, BDCIPP (chlorinated), DPHP, BBOEP, DoCP & DpCP (non-chlorinated) to systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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