PIN flame retardants reduce heat and smoke release from PET-core / glass fibre / epoxy structural sandwich panels. Several phosphorus flame retardants were tested in the PET core of 15mm panels with glass fribre and DGEBA epoxy resin PIN flame retardants reduce heat...
Tests on mock external wall facades raise questions on how smoke toxicity might impact building occupants in a fire. This study publishes work already presented at FRPM2019 (see pinfa Newsletter n°103). Using a 5m high mock wall in a 10m high test enclosure, four...
More research is needed to correlate bench-scale fire tests on materials to real fire emissions. The review considers the different toxicants emitted in fires, with acute or chronic impacts, including incapacitation; different materials fire emissions test systems;...
Swiss tests show how fast and violently electric vehicles can burn and note specific pollution risks in fire-fighting waters. The fire tests were carried out by AG/EMPA for the Swiss Federal Government, using charged batteries in scenarios representing a...
Tests on a China metro carriage, as before today’s fire standards, exceeded 1000 kW heat in less than three minutes. The 2B-type carriage used (internal dimensions 1.9 x 3 x 2.65 m) was manufactured early on for the China metro system, before improvements made to fire...
