by pinfa-editor | 15 Oct, 2019
De-Yi Wang, IMDEA Materials Institute, Madrid, presented different approaches to develop specific nano-materials and architectures as PIN flame retardants in different polymers and the complexity of understanding the mechanisms involved. These include using layered...
by pinfa-editor | 6 Sep, 2019
A study of fire statistics in Massachusetts 2003-2016 shows that fires involving furniture caused 14% of all residential fire deaths. Data was assessed from 158 862 residential fires reported as causing human or monetary damage. Fires with no information on fire cause...
by pinfa-editor | 4 Nov, 2019
Konrad Wilkens Flecknoe-Brown, DBI (Danish Institute of Fire & Security Technology), presented fire tests of polyurethane slabs (1.2m x 0.6m x 50mm), showing that flame spread, time to peak heat release, and peak heat release rate are all very variable and...
by pinfa-editor | 14 Jan, 2020
This year’s Flame Retardants in Plastics Conference included a panel discussion on recycling, moderated by Isabel de Castro, Flame Retardants Europe, with Chris Thornton of pinfa, Karen Janssens of Campine, Rudolf Pfaendner of Fraunhofer LBF and Lein Tange of ICL-IP....
by pinfa-editor | 15 Sep, 2020
Firefighters were called to a farm in Yorkshire, UK, May 2020, to save the bacon. The free-range pigs were equipped with pedometers (to prove that they were doing their 10 000 steps to keep in good health). Unfortunately, one pig ate the pedometer from another’s foot...
