Book: Flame Retardant Nanocomposites

Book: Flame Retardant Nanocomposites

Nano-delivered PIN FRs can form nanocomposites for enhanced performance and fire safety in modern materials. This book presents a range of “emerging” nanocomposite FR solutions, including bio-based nano-materials, graphenes, minerals and metal compounds, metal-organic...
Discussing the ECHA FR Strategy

Discussing the ECHA FR Strategy

Discussion paper welcomes the ECHA FR Strategy grouping approach and proposes additional criteria. The paper, by three environmental scientists, suggests that flame retardant use should target applications where FRs bring significant fire safety benefits and where...
Flame retardant “market reports”

Flame retardant “market reports”

Market studies, for sale online, continue to predict sustained growth in flame retardants worldwide, but numbers vary widely. Most reports suggest electronics, cables, construction, transport (in particular automobile, aerospace) as key growth sectors, with growth...
LSZH for replacing halogenated cables

LSZH for replacing halogenated cables

SUNUA Low Smoke Zero Halogen cross-linked polyolefin cable insulation compounds offer performance and processing. The PIN flame retardant compounds can be cross-linked by UV irradiation up to sheath thickness of 1.6 mm maximum, to improve strength and mechanical...
Huber LCAs for PIN FRs

Huber LCAs for PIN FRs

Huber Advanced Materials has announced completion of Life Cycle Analyses for 90% of its products, including mineral PIN FRs (aluminium hydroxides, calcined aluminas, activated aluminas and magnesium hydroxides). The LCAs are available on request to customers to...