Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. fire retardant Public health A chemical used to resist combustion, which may contain polybrominated biphenyls and antimony oxide McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.Want to thank...
For certain applications, building codes and insurance companies permit fire retardant-treated wood to be used as an alternative to noncombustible materials. Fire retardants drastically reduce the rate at which flames travel across the wood surface, thereby reducing the capacity of the wood to contribu...
As can be appreciated, in addition to fire retardants used to combat forest fires, intended as a temporary measure to be washed away with rain once the fire threat is minimized, prevention of the spread of fire is an important consideration sought in many everyday materials and construction app...
The fire protection agents applied for wooden structures contain ammonium phosphates or sulfates, chlorides, oxides, borates and other metal salts, boric acid, and halogen-containing flame retardants (Seo et al., 2017; Jaskoowski et al., 2013). Many of these chemicals, as well as their ...
How to Apply Fire Retardant Coating on Wood? Before you begin the application process for fire retardants, it is crucial to prepare properly by collecting the appropriate materials. When selecting a fire resistant coating, ensure it is appropriate for the type of wood you intend to treat and co...
bus seats and have their lives in building external wall thermal insulation material. In developed countries such as Europe and the United States, flame retardants are widely used in clothing for children, elderly people and patients. Our country also introduced national standard, to building material...
Some additives release gaseous species when heated which pass into the flame zone and interfere with the flame chemistry tending to extinguish the flames; these are referred to as vapour phase fire retardants. Some additives achieve protection in the solid phase by inducing the formation of a prote...
existing environmentally friendly flame retardants. Better materials with lower flammability hazards will continue to be a future goal of developers and users. The benefits of better and more economical flame-resistant materials in the years to come will eventually find their way into the mining ...
the cotton/fiberglass ticking acts as a passive fire barrier that physically prevents flame and heat transfer to the underlying cushioning layer. On the other hand, thermoplastic tickings used in modern residential mattresses do require a fire barrier in order to pass the open flame test. A study...
Wood is widely used in the field of construction, decoration, and electronics, but its inherent flammability has serious fire hazards. As one of the fire-retardant treatment methods of wood, fire-resistant coatings have greatly reduced and prevented the occurrence of fires in the field of combusti...