PIN FR plywood shows low smoke toxicity

PIN FR plywood shows low smoke toxicity

Plywood with phosphorus-nitrogen flame retardants showed very low toxic fire gases and achieved IMO fire performance. The plywood was vacuum impregnated with water soluble PIN FR consisting mainly of ammonium polyphosphate (APP) (pinfa comment: probably short-chain to...
PIN FRs for PET from recycled bottles

PIN FRs for PET from recycled bottles

Less than 10% PIN FR loading, plus a chain extender, enabled production of quality PET foam from post-consumer bottles. Aluminium-tris-(diethylphosphinate) 8% with montmorillonite (MMT) nanoclay 1% were used as PIN flame retardant and a multi-functional epoxy-based...
SPE Flame Retardant Week 2022

SPE Flame Retardant Week 2022

The National Week of Flame Retardants, organised online by SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) and pinfa-NA attracted over one hundred participants for five online sessions 22nd – 26th August. The Week was opened by Carolyn Pressley (Budenheim), pinfa-NA Chair, and...
Introduction to fire safety in polymers

Introduction to fire safety in polymers

Roger Avakian, Avakian Polychem Consulting, provided a one hour introduction to polymer fire safety, presenting the different principal non-halogenated flame retardant chemistries and how they function to prevent or inhibit fire and summarising key fire performance...