pinfa-NA scholarship: intumescent FRs

pinfa-NA will support Taher Hafiz’s PhD on biobased PIN intumescents at Case Western Reserve University, including experimental tests and numerical modelling. Taher has research, teaching and work experience at Yanbu University, Saudi Arabia, Becton & Dickinson, Goodyear, Hughes & GE Oil and Gas, in bio-absorbable polymers, cross-linked polyethylene, plastics and rubbers, heat transfer, polymer chemistry and corrosion inhibitors. He has already published a first paper on heat blocking efficiency of intumescent coatings (summarised below). The pinfa-NA scholarship of 2 500 US$ will facilitate the PhD investigation and publication of results. Taher says this work “aims to develop PIN-based fire protective treatments for flammable materials which are safe for health and the environment and more sustainable, because a key component, tannic acid, is derived from natural sources”.