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Grenfell “The Toxic Smoke Files”
Grenfell Inquiry raises questions on cladding smoke toxicity and flammability and insulation suppliers’ information.
READ MOREEfectis Workshop – Building Fire Safety
Fire safety needs a competence and responsibility restart in the UK to address green building and new energy fire risks.
READ MOREElectrical failure or malfunction causes fires
Homes fires related to electrical failure or malfunction kill 390 people, injure 1 300 and cost 1.5 bn US$ yearly in the USA.
READ MORETwo million item fire risk product recall
Electrical fault in air fryers causes recall of two million items: wire connection risks overheating and causing burns or fire.
READ MOREHigh-rise fire Chicago
Rapid fire spread up nine floors of a high-rise building, Kenwood, Chicago, 25 Jan. 2023, killing one and injuring nine.
READ MORELithium-ion battery fire dangers
NBC TV network Today news shows lithium ion battery fires with videos of batteries catching fire and exploding in the home and in industry.
READ MOREE-mobility fires in France
Fires presumed to have started in e-scooter batteries lead to deaths and multiple damage in France.
READ MOREAircraft cabin fire that didn’t happen
A passenger’s electronics battery ignited in the back pocket of an aircraft seat in the air. The fire did not spread.
READ MORESmoke suppressants with PIN FR
Mineral additives reduce smoke and fire toxicity with a PIN FR, and improve and modify flame retardant effects.
READ MOREBMF micro-precision 3D printing
25 µm PµSL printer uses PIN flame retardant UL 94 V-0 photopolymer resin for fast, precision additive production.
READ MORENexans invests in PIN fire safe cables
Nexans, world electrification leader, is to invest 40 M€ in Autun, France, for an expertise centre on non-halogen fire safe cables.
READ MOREPIN flame retardant dyes
German Government funded DTNW project will develop non-halogenated reactive fabric dyes with FR properties.
READ MOREBone phosphate as PIN flame retardant
Hydroxyapatite extracted from animal bones showed fire protection effects on jute fibres in polymer composites.
READ MOREBiobased PIN FR for wool
Phytic acid (a natural organophosphate) with ammonia gave a washable phosphorus nitrogen fire safety treatment for wool.
READ MOREBiobased polymeric PIN FR for epoxy
Furfuralcahol (from furan extracted from biomass) reacted with polyphosphazene is tested as plasticising PIN FR in epoxy.
READ MOREPhosphorus silica PIN FRs synergy
Phosphorus and nitrogen functionalised silica showed to be an effective flame retardant in thermoplastic polyurethane.
READ MOREMacromolecular phosphorus nitrogen FR
A branched chain dialkyl phosphinate – dialkyl ammonium PIN FR achieved UL 94 V-0 (1 mm) in polyamide PA6.
READ MOREPolymeric iron phosphorus nitrogen PIN FR
P-functionalised polyethyleneimine with iron salt achieved UL 94 V-0 in epoxy and improved mechanical properties.
READ MOREMetal melamine phytate PIN FRs
Phytic acid (natural organophosphate), with melamine and metal ions, reduced fire, smoke and toxic gases in polyamide.
READ MOREAluminium silica PIN FR treatment for wood
PIN mineral salts and water-borne epoxy were used to fire safety treat wood, reducing flammability and fire gas toxicity. Fire safety is critical to enable use of wood as a renewable carbon-sink material for green building.
READ MOREMechanisms of TPP (organophosphorus PIN FR) effects on liver cells.
Study shows that TPP (tri phenyl phosphate) at 50 µM concentration leads to spontaneous cell death (apoptosis) in mouse liver cells.
READ MOREpinfa sponsors Fire Resistance in Plastics
pinfa video from the 17th AMI FRiP conference 2022 launches sponsorship of this year’s FRiP, 20-22 November 2023 Berlin
READ MORE2nd pinfa-NA Lunch & Learn 22nd March
150 participants joined the first fire and FRs learning webinar. The second will recount the 1872 Boston Great Fire with journalist and author Stephanie Schorow, free, Wed. 22nd March 2023, 11h30-12h30 EST (17h30-18h30 CET).
READ MORE6th Workshop on FRs for Plastics (AIMPLAS)
Valencia, Spain, 19th April (with pinfa), followed by the pinfa General Assembly (pinfa members) on 20th April.
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