Lars Boström, RiSE, at an online webinar, presented progress to finalise the new EU building façade fire test. Building facades with insulation material will make a major contribution to energy savings, with major investments planned with the EU Green Deal “Renovation...
pinfa member BASF has developed new bromine, chlorine and antimony free FR polyamide and polyester solutions for IT, construction, e-mobility. The new compounds are an unreinforced polyester, and a reinforced polyamide. They offer fire performance (UL94-V0 @ 0.4 mm),...
Tests show that APP protects wood composites from fire and reduces smoke and zeolites enable further improvement. A synthetic aluminium silicate zeolite (hierarchically porous H4A) was loaded with ammonium polyphosphate, by in situ reaction of phosphoric acid and...
Roof PV installations show variable fire performance depending on PV unit and roof materials and on installation. The Italian Ministry of the Interior, National Fire and Rescue Service (CNVVF) has published specifications for testing photovoltaic modules mounted on...
Non-halogen flame retardants are needed for sustainability trends such as clean energy or wood construction, said Maggie Baumann, FRX Polymers and pinfa-na at CAMX, the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo. The presentation, online here, shows that FRs are growing 6...
