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Book: ‘Green’ flame retardants for polymers
Wide R&D perspectives for bio-derived and green mineral, phosphorus and nitrogen flame retardants.
READ MOREBook: Flame Retardant Nanocomposites
Nano-delivered PIN FRs can form nanocomposites for enhanced performance and fire safety in modern materials.
READ MOREUS National Week of Flame Retardants
22-25 January 2024, online, SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) and pinfa-NA. Nine presentations on regulatory developments, fire testing, new PIN flame retardants, improved performance mineral FRs, PIN FR formulations for polycarbonates, intumescents.
READ MOREECOFRAM 2024 – call for speakers
Call open to 31. January, for ECOFRAM Valencia, 22-23 May 2024 (Eco-Friendly Flame Retardant Additives and Materials).
READ MORENanostructured FRs – call for papers
15th February submission deadline for papers for journal Special Issue on Nanostructured FRs and their Applications, in Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects.
READ MORENon-halogenated anti-drip fire safety
pinfa North America webinar outlines development in non-PFAS drip suppressants for polymer fire safety, with Roger Avakian, polymer formulation expert.
READ MOREUS: tighter restrictions for DecaBDE, PIP
US EPA proposes to further restrict DecaBDE (brominated FR) and PIP (TrTPP = phenol, isopropylated, phosphate (3:1)).
READ MOREDiscussing the ECHA FR Strategy
Discussion paper welcomes the ECHA FR Strategy grouping approach and proposes additional criteria.
READ MOREBalancing fire risk and flame retardants
Paper concludes that lower fire safety standards may be justified in only a few specific furniture types.
READ MOREUK Furniture Fire Safety Regulations debate
UK Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) attacks fire safety regulations, flame retardants and Standards Institution.
READ MOREHalloween costumes fire danger
Tests show some children’s Halloween outfits ignite within a second and burn for up to ten minutes.
READ MORERunway fire: all JAL passengers escape
All 379 people on JAL’s Airbus A350 escaped unhurt when it caught fire after crashing into another plane during landing.
READ MOREPIN non-drip solutions without PTFE
Tolsa webinar presents PIN FR synergists to achieve non-drip fire performance in different polymers.
READ MOREPIN FR no-drip fire performance in PA6
Hyperbranched polysiloxane (PBDSi) containing P and N shows to be an effective FR in polyamide-6 at only 3% loading.
READ MOREPIN FRs and polyurethane fire toxicity
Overview of polyurethane fire decomposition, smoke toxicity and potential impacts of PIN FRs on smoke release and toxicity.
READ MOREPIN FR synergy in recycled ABS
Combining mineral PIN FRs can improve fire performance and reduce smoke without compromising mechanical performance.
READ MOREFlame retardant “market reports”
Market studies, for sale online, continue to predict sustained growth in flame retardants worldwide, but numbers vary widely.
READ MOREPIN FR compound for battery protection
Syensqo part bio-based long glass fibre PIN FR polyphthalamide for structural, heat, fire and electrical protection of EV batteries.
READ MOREPIN FR for railway wool textiles
Camira launches non-halogenated flame retardant treatment for wool fabrics for public transport applications.
READ MOREPerformance PIN FR polyamides for EVs
Celanese offers two non-halogenated flame retardant polyamide solutions for e-mobility power chains and batteries.
READ MOREFire resistant PIN polyamide for EVs
Ascend Performance Materials’ PIN FR PA66 resistant to 1100°C flame for 15 minutes for electric vehicle battery safety.
READ MORELSZH for replacing halogenated cables
SUNUA Low Smoke Zero Halogen cross-linked polyolefin cable insulation compounds offer performance and processing.
READ MOREHuber LCAs for PIN FRs
Huber Advanced Materials has announced completion of Life Cycle Analyses for 90% of its products, including mineral PIN FRs (aluminium hydroxides, calcined aluminas, activated aluminas and magnesium hydroxides).
READ MOREpinfa General Assembly, Berlin & online
Twenty pinfa member companies met to discuss the green transition, regulatory developments and actions worldwide.
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