A fire retardant is a substance that is used to slow down or stop the spread of fire or reduce its intensity. This is commonly accomplished by chemical...
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Fire-retardant fabrics are textiles that are more resistant to fire than others through chemical treatment of flame-retardant or manufactured fireproof...
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Fire-retardant gels are superabsorbent polymer slurries with a "consistency almost like petroleum jelly." Fire-retardant gels can also be slurries that...
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Fire-retardant materials are designed to burn slowly. Fire-retardant materials should not be confused with fire-resistant materials. A fire resistant...
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Flame retardants are a diverse group of chemicals that are added to manufactured materials, such as plastics and textiles, and surface finishes and coatings...
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Aerial firefighting (redirect from Fire bomber)
foams and gels, and specially formulated fire retardants such as Phos-Chek. The idea of fighting forest fires from the air dates back at least as far as...
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found to be successful as a fire retardant for canvas tenting. Synthesis of polymers, such as polyesters, with fire retardant monomers were also developed...
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DC-10 Air Tanker (section Fire usage)
turbofan-powered aircraft carry up to 9,400 US gallons (35,583 liters) of water or fire retardant in an exterior belly-mounted tank, the contents of which can be released...
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A fire blanket is a safety device designed to extinguish incipient (starting) fires. It consists of a sheet of a fire retardant material that is placed...
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Phos-Chek (category Flame retardants)
long-term fire retardants, class A foams, and gels manufactured by Perimeter Solutions, headquartered in Clayton, Missouri, United States. Phos-Chek fire retardants...
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more fire-resistant material (Reynobond FR). The Reynobond cladding reportedly cost £24 per square metre (£20 per sq. yd.) for the fire-retardant version...
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the fires in the park, assisted by dozens of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft which were used for water and fire retardant drops. With fires raging...
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Magnesium hydroxide (section Fire retardant)
2. Natural magnesium hydroxide (brucite) is used commercially as a fire retardant. Most industrially used magnesium hydroxide is produced synthetically...
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contain the fire, air tankers were unable to perform water or fire retardant drops; the fire was burning beneath high-voltage power lines that the aircraft...
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Aluminium hydroxide (category Flame retardants)
associated slurry had a pH of 13. Aluminium hydroxide finds use as a fire retardant filler for polymer applications. It is selected for these applications...
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Melamine (section Fire-retardant additives)
cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass, and its derivatives have fire-retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred...
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Racing suit (redirect from Fire suit)
A racing suit or racing overalls, often referred to as a fire suit due to its fire retardant properties, is clothing such as overalls worn in various...
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The aircraft is rated to carry up to 19,600 US gallons (74,000 L) of fire retardant or water. It is the largest aerial firefighting aircraft in the world...
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so turbulent that fire retardant drops were impossible. The air tanker returned to base 45 minutes later, still fully loaded. Cal Fire made two more attempts...
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used around the world as a building material (particularly for its fire-retardant properties), until its adverse effects on human health were more widely...
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Firefighting foam (redirect from Fire retardant foam)
produce foam in concentrations of less than 1%. Other components of fire-retardant foams are organic solvents (e.g., trimethyl-trimethylene glycol and...
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Chico, California. The MAFFS consists of a series of five pressurized fire retardant tanks with a total capacity of 2,700 US gallons (10,000 L; 2,200 imp gal)...
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Retardant may refer to: Fire retardant Flame retardant This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Retardant. If an internal link...
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chemical fire retardant (such as Purple-K) to create a stream of firefighting foam which is able to stop the fire faster. Some also have gaseous fire suppression...
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Organobromine chemistry (section Fire-retardants)
compounds is the use of polybrominated diphenyl ethers as fire-retardants, and in fact fire-retardant manufacture is currently the major industrial use of...
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Pentaerythritol (section Fire retardants)
(−O)2C(O−)2]n, was synthesized in 2002. Pentaerythritol is used as a fire retardant, such as in plastics and intumescent paints and coatings. It releases...
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increased tailwind, leading to the aircraft stalling while releasing fire retardant foam at a low height and airspeed and colliding with terrain. Australia's...
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A fire hose (or firehose) is a high-pressure hose that carries water or other fire retardant (such as foam) to a fire to extinguish it. Outdoors, it attaches...
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Bromine (section Flame retardants)
chain reactions. This effect makes organobromine compounds useful as fire retardants, and more than half the bromine produced worldwide each year is put...
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