The “Fremantle Highway” car transport ship fire is raising questions about electric vehicle (EV) transport safety. The ship, chartered by K Line Japan, owned by Shoei Kison Japan, registered in Panama, with an Indian crew of 21, caught fire off the Netherlands island...
Specific new fire risks of electric vehicles require new approaches to prevention, detection and extinction. Garage parking fires cited include Liverpool UK 2017 and Stavanger Norway 2020. These fires showed that fire can spread to an additional vehicle every 30...
Bio-based phosphorus flame retardant achieves UL 94 V-0 in polyvinyl alcohol with good mechanical and UV performance. The bio-based PIN FR was produced by reacting phytic acid (phosphorus-rich and widely available in plant seeds) and ethylenediamine at room...
Phosphorus PIN FR DOPO was coated on PA6 textile achieving vertical burn self-extinguishing and wash semi-durable. DOPO cannot be compounded into polyamide because it is not stable at the polymer extrusion temperature. In this study, PA6 fabric (113 g/m2) was coated...
Review suggests that AI could enable design of cost-effective and safe new PIN FRs and underlines need for LCA. The review notes that PIN FRs are recognised as more environmentally friendly than halogenated FRs but that for some PIN FR types more data is needed to...
