NEWS
Canada firefighters call to ban halogen FRs
Victoria Fire Fighters Association calls for a ban* on organohalogenated flame retardants in furniture, mattresses, children’s products and electronics casings.
READ MOREUK façade cladding regulations questioned
UK fire experts say rules do not account for real risks of fire penetrating the building and do not ensure safety.
READ MOREDeveloping new EU façade fire test
Ri.Se leads EU-funded project to finalise new approach to fire testing of building cladding systems, rainscreens, ETICs and wooden façades.
READ MOREFire safety shapes cable industry future
Compounding World (AMI industry magazine) underlines fire performance and material flexibility as key wire & cable industry developments.
READ MOREPolypro PIN FR masterbatch for fibres
Dynamic Modifiers launches non-halogenated, non-antimony polypropylene concentrate for polyolefin textiles, films and molded parts.
READ MORELSZH cables safer for data centres
Tests show that low smoke zero halogen cables achieve fire performance with much lower smoke emission and corrosivity.
READ MORESafety orange for e-vehicle components
Domo Chemicals has launched performance polyamides for high stability orange-colour connectors, plugs, housings and insulators.
READ MOREPIN FR epoxy meets motorsport requirements
A new PIN FR epoxy resin prepreg meets demands of Formula One, NASCAR and other motorsports, with fire performance SFI 56.1 and UL94-V0.
READ MOREResisting fire and water
New cable system offers PIN fire safety, with low smoke, low toxic gas emission, and protects against water ingress in weathering or flooding.
READ MORENew low-fogging PIN FR
Daihachi Chemicals has launched a new phosphorus-based FR for applications including automotive, polyesters, leather and PUR foam.
READ MOREBio-based resin prepreg offers rail innovations
Composites Evolution has developed a bio-based resin prepreg (PFC502) which meets the most stringent fire hazard requirement (H3) of the EU railway standard EN45545-2.
READ MOREFire safety and mechanical performance
Innovation project combines surface modifications with PIN FRs to improve mechanical performance of composites.
READ MOREBio-sourced P for cotton fire safety
Phytic acid, widely present in plants, showed to provide a wash-durable flame retardant for cotton.
READ MOREReactive phosphorus FR for bioplastic
The organophosphorus PIN FR DOPO-diamine was reacted into PLA and polyurethane, achieving UL94-V0 @ 0.8 mm.
READ MOREBio-sourced PIN FR for bio-plastic
A PIN FR made wholly from plant-origin materials, in water reaction, was successfully tested in the biodegradable, bio-based polymer PBS.
READ MOREAluminium – APP synergy
Inclusion of aluminium oxide in polyester with PIN FR ammonium polyphosphate (APP) improved fire performance and mechanical properties.
READ MOREPIN smoke suppressant for intumescents
The mineral synergist, zirconium nitride, reduced smoke production by 40% and improved performance of a PIN APP-melamine epoxy intumescent fire coating for steel.
READ MOREMaryland State, USA
Maryland State, USA, has enacted Bill SB0447 banning the sale of mattresses, upholstered furniture or children’s products containing > 0.1% by mass “flame-retardant chemicals”, defined as intended to resist or inhibit fire and containing halogens, carbon plus phosphorus, carbon plus nitrogen or being nanoscale.
READ MORENGO opposes chemical plastics recycling
The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives has published a 35 page document arguing against chemicals plastics recycling, claiming that there is a lack of data showing viability, environmental challenges (possible toxic emissions or waste streams) and negative energy and carbon balance.
READ MORECefic highlights potential of chemical recycling
The European Chemical Council, Cefic, considers that chemical recycling of plastic waste (to produce new chemicals and plastics) can contribute to the circular economy, in complement to mechanical and dissolution recycling of plastics.
READ MOREOrganic contaminants released in fires
Five full-scale fire tests in furnished rooms show that levels of PAHs (polyaromatic hydrocarbons) and derivates of brominated and phosphorus flame retardants in fire gases and soot depend on the intensity of fire and to some extent on fire extinguishing method.
READ MOREOrganophosphate esters and birth outcomes
A study of 90 women* found no significant correlation between social and environmental exposure factors (questionnaire) and urinary organophosphate ester (OPE) metabolites.
READ MOREEU new EU Circular Economy Action Plan
Five of the seven targeted product value chains in the new Plan concern flame retardants and fire safety: electronics and infor-mation and communication technology (ICT), batteries and vehicles, plastics, textiles (EU strategy for 2021) and construction.
READ MOREpinfa input to EU textile BREF update
pinfa has proposed, through Cefic, improvements to the textile industry BREF including integration of PIN FRs into fibres and updates on alternative assessments.
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