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Fire safety treatment of wood
Laia Haurie, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, presented tests of resin-impregnation of wood, with the objective of developing flame retarded wood-plastic composites. Two phosphorous flame retard...
READ MOREReducing smoke toxicity
Prof. Camino, Politecnico di Torino, emphasised that PIN FRs mostly act in the condensed phase (solid phase by charring, rather than gas phase) or by emitting water vapour (cooling) or inert gases (fi...
READ MORECall for information on health effects of foam flame retardants
NIOSH (US National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety) is calling for information on health effects of occupational exposure to flame retardants in polyurethane foam. Companies using FR foam...
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Research shows that two renewable PIN flame retardants can be combined: Phosphorus based phytic acid (widely present in plant seeds) and Nitrogen containing chitosan (derived from natural chitin, pres...
READ MOREEPA Design for the Environment: alternatives to TBBPA
The US Environmental Protection Agency has published an update of the Printed Circuit Boards Partnership report (DfE: Design for the Environment) on alternatives to the brominated flame retardant TBBP...
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