by mcwebmaster | Jun 27, 2023
PIN flame retardants were tested to enable fire safety of polypropylene – recycled newspaper fibre composites. Waste fibres can replace glass fibre to provide strength in plastic composites, enabling waste valorisation and also reducing tool wear and processing...
by mcwebmaster | Jun 27, 2023
Ammonium poly phosphate PIN FR effective for durable fire safety for Varanasi brocade woven from waste pineapple fibres. Indian handloom Varanasi textiles are >80% exported so must meet fire safety standards. Secondary pineapple cellulose fibres can replace cotton,...
by mcwebmaster | May 30, 2023
pinfa now has over thirty full and associate members active in 2022 on policy, recycling, communications and worldwide. pinfa’s Annual Report 2022 provides a 30-page summary of actions on PIN flame retardants in the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability and...
by mcwebmaster | May 30, 2023
Some 18 000 cows died and a worker was seriously injured in a fire on a Texas dairy farm, 10th April 2023. The fire may have started in a slurry pumping machine, possibly leading to an explosion of methane gas released from manure. This is the deadliest “barn fire”...
by mcwebmaster | May 15, 2023
Bio-sourced taurine reacted with phosphorus and nitrogen for a wash-durable PIN flame retardant for cotton-nylon blends. Taurine is a sulphur-containing amino acid derivative, widely found in animals and plants (the name comes from its presence in bull’s bile). It was...
