Electrospinning offers routes to develop new FR fibre solutions with improved mechanical properties, e.g. with multiple materials. Electrospinning is a known process for producing continuous polymer fibres, with diameters from 100 nm to 10 µm, or fibre mats. Injection...
PIN FRs, 3D DOPO (P-based) and ferrocene (Fe-based), reacted onto cotton provided durable fire resistance and waterproofing. Cotton fabric was first grafted with PEI (polyethyleneimine) then reacted in alcohol solution at 60°C with first ferrocene then DOPO...
Experts and fire-fighters explained the increasing risk from smoke in fire in modern buildings, because of new materials, green building and furnishings, in a webinar organised as part of European Fire Safety Week 2020 (160 participants). Patrick van Hees, Lund...
NIST study concludes that US 16 CFR Part 1633 (open flame resistance) already prevents 65 deaths per year, despite not all old mattresses from before this standard having been replaced. This mattress flammability standard was introduced in July 2007, replacing...
GreenScreen Standard for Furniture and Fabrics: US NGO Clean Product Action has launched a GreenScreen Certified Standard for “Furniture and Fabrics”. This excludes (A4.4) all flame retardants defined as “Any chemical or chemical compound for which a functional use is...
