FR Additives
This section is currently under construction.
For now you may find the following links useful;
- A non-halogenated flame retardant additive for pultrusion (pdf)
- Phosphorous based additives for flame retardant polyester
- Conference report; Flame Retardants
- Google Books- Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials, C A Wilkie, A B Morgan
- Environment Agency 2003 report- Prioritisation of Flame retadrands for environmental Risk Assessment (pdf)
- CORDIS- New Fire Retardant Textiles
- Project that looked at developing halogen free FR.
You may also find Materials Functionality- Fire and Heat Resistance, useful.
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Deca Bromine
Please note this section is currently under construction, for now you may find the followign information useful.
Decabromodiphenyl ether is a brominated flame retardant often reffered to as Deca Bromine or Deca BDE.
It has been proved as a very effective flame retardant, however it is subject of debate of its environmental impact.
More information can be gained from the below links;
- Claims and Facts about Deca-BDE Flame Retardant (pdf)
- Decabromodiphenyl ether- Wikipedia
- Brominated Flame Retardant Deca-BDE Fact Sheet (pdf)
- The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (ACHS) Opinion on Decabrominated diphenyl ether (decaBDE) 2010 (pdf)
- Bromine Science and Environment Forum http://www.bsef.com/
- BSEF Deca-BDE, Human Health; Risk Assessment Completed
- BSEF- The EU Risk Assessment of Deca-BDE
- An overview of commercially used brominated flame retardants, their applications, their use patterns in different countries/regions and possible modes of release, 2003. (pdf)