Recycling FR boron from insulation to fertiliser

Recycling FR boron from insulation to fertiliser

A R&D trial tested biochar, produced by pyrolysis at 600°C of boric acid flame retardant treated cellulosic insulation material (produced from recycled paper, Isocell Austria), as a boron fertiliser in pot trials with rape and sunflower. Such boron-treated flame...
Fire protecting the world’s biggest mall

Fire protecting the world’s biggest mall

Over one hundred tonnes of non-halogenated flame retardant coating provided by AUDAX-Keck, Germany, with local partner Padena Hoor, will ensure fire protection of the steel structural elements of the world’s biggest mall, the “Iran Mall”, currently under construction...
P-ester / magnesium synergy for wood FR

P-ester / magnesium synergy for wood FR

Cyclic phosphate ester was reacted with magnesium hydroxide (1 – 6 %) and then tested with melamine formaldehyde and pentaerythritol (at ratios 1:1 to 1:4) as a flame retardant coating on 4 mm plywood (250 g/m2 coating). The magnesium containing coating achieved flame...