Flame retardants are a diverse group of chemicals that are added to manufactured materials, such as plastics and textiles, and surface finishes and coatings...

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are organobromine compounds that have an inhibitory effect on combustion chemistry and tend to reduce the flammability...

igniting. By dilution: Some retardants release water and/or carbon dioxide while burning. This may dilute the radicals in the flame enough for it to go out...

Fire-retardant fabrics are textiles that are more resistant to fire than others through chemical treatment of flame-retardant or manufactured fireproof...

provides advice on how to prevent fires such as through the use of flame-retardant temporary protection materials: for example, some high quality floor...

their effectivity. A hydrated silica compound's effectiveness as a flame retardant is dependent upon the presence of chemically bonded transition metals...

insecticides, herbicides, nerve agents and flame retardants. OPEs have been widely used in various products as flame retardants, plasticizers, and performance additives...

commercial use of bromine. When the brominated material burns, the flame retardant produces hydrobromic acid which interferes in the radical chain reaction...

uniform dopant distribution. Phosphorus compounds are used as flame retardants. Flame-retardant materials and coatings are being developed that are both phosphorus-...

used for flame-retardant, polishing, catalyst, and niche ceramic applications, as well as magnesium hydroxide mainly used as a flame-retardant. It is one...

spectrum herbicide, with additional uses as a compost accelerator, flame retardant and in industrial processes. It is a salt formed from ammonia and sulfamic...

magnesium hydroxide as a flame retardant include additives to cable insulation, insulation plastics, roofing, and various flame retardant coatings. Brucite,...

Chemical Flame-Retardant Alternatives for Low-Density Polyurethane Foam". United States Environmental Protection Agency. September 2005. "Flame Retardants Used...

their compounds are used in alloys, biological agents, catalysts, flame retardants, glasses, optical storage and optoelectronics, pyrotechnics, semiconductors...

Antimony trioxide is a prominent additive for halogen-containing flame retardants. Antimony is used as a dopant in semiconductor devices. Antimony is...

add crispness to fruit and vegetables. Potassium alum is used as a fire retardant to render cloth, wood, and paper materials less flammable. Potassium alum...

cloth with an epoxy resin binder that is flame resistant (self-extinguishing). "FR" stands for "flame retardant", and does not denote that the material...

used. One of the main applications of expandable graphite is as a flame retardant. When exposed to heat, expandable graphite expands and forms an intumescent...

phosphate (commonly abbreviated TCPP) is a chlorinated organophosphate flame retardant commonly added to polyurethane foams. Comparatively minor amounts are...

Intrinsically Fire-Resistant Polymers) or as additives and fillers (see Flame-Retardant Additives and Fillers). Oxygen catalyzes the pyrolysis of polymers...

Retardant may refer to: Fire retardant Flame retardant This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Retardant. If an internal link...

used as flame retardants, pesticides, plasticizers, and nerve gases. TDCPP is structurally similar to several other organophosphate flame retardants, such...

+ flagrare, 'to burn down') is subsonic combustion in which a pre-mixed flame propagates through an explosive or a mixture of fuel and oxidizer. Deflagrations...

University of Washington. He gained notoriety as the "star witness" for the flame retardant industry. In 2014 he surrendered his medical license after it became...

ether (also referred to as decaBDE, DBDE, BDE-209) is a brominated flame retardant which belongs to the group of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)...

marketed a new brominated polymer flame retardant, replacing the traditional hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) flame retardant. By the end of January 2007 Chemtura...

the United States. The proliferation of flame retardants, and especially halogenated organic flame retardants, in furniture across the United States is...

borate esters. Boric acid is often used as an antiseptic, insecticide, flame retardant, neutron absorber, or precursor to other boron compounds. The term...

or have magnetic, electrical or electronic properties. Flame retardant coatings. Flame-retardant materials and coatings are being developed that are phosphorus...

volume %; thus, a flame retardant is added to styrene or polystyrene during the formation of EPS. The boards containing a flame retardant when tested in...