Flame Retardants
A Simplified Analytical Procedure for Simultaneous Determination of Alkylphenol Ethoxylates and Brominated Flame Retardants in Fish Tissue Samples from Vaal River, South Africa
... Brominated flame retardants have shown to be the most effective in the inhibition of fires and are material of choice because of their low cost and lower loading of substrate ...
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Flame retardants characterization on distribution boxes using thermomechanical and thermogravimetric analysers
... of flame retardants on distribution box solid ...whether flame retardants were used in the manufacture of solid covers on distribution ...
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Zinc stannate interactions with flame retardants in polyamides; Part 2: Potential synergies with non-halogen-containing flame retardants in polyamide 6 (PA6)
... The main aim of this study has been to identify whether zinc stannate can act as a synergist with phosphorus-containing flame retardants. While experimental constraints have limited the maximum individual ...
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Cross-sectional study of social behaviors in preschool children and exposure to flame retardants
... to flame retardants can influence children’ s behavioral ...development. Flame retardants, namely brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and organophosphate-based flame retar- ...
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Competitiveness and synergy between three flame retardants in poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate)
... three flame retardants, having three different modes of action, (magnesium hydroxide, expanded and expandable graphite) on the thermal degradation and flame retardancy of poly(ethylene-co-vinyl ...
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Assessment of the Levels of Brominated Flame Retardants in Computers and Televisions in Selected Regions of Eritrea
... During recent years, electronic waste (e-waste) around the world is growing at a fast rate and has become a matter of concern due to the presence of toxic brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and certain ...
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Effects of MWNTs on Flame Retardation and Thermal Stabilization Performance of Phosphorus-containing Flame Retardants in Polypropylene
... in flame retardation activities in PP between the traditional phosphorus-containing flame retardants and carbon ...and flame retardancy of PP composites containing two different ...
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Durable, Self-extinguishing and Halogen-free Flame Retardants for Nonwovens.
... Studies of the environmental impact of these chemicals shed light as to how chemicals that have been banned for many years can still be accumulating in the environment and in human bodies. One study looked specifically ...
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PBDE flame retardants, thyroid disease, and menopausal status in U.S. women
... as flame retardants have been phased out or banned in some countries, and updated California fire safety standards no longer require PBDEs or other flame retardant chemicals to be used in furniture ...
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Influence of flame retardants on the melt dripping behaviour of thermoplastic polymers
... Adding flame retardants often changes the viscosity of the polymer melt, since they function as plasticizers or as reinforcing ...many flame retardants depends on the viscosity of the modified ...
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Pregnant Women’s perceptions of exposure to brominated flame retardants
... Semi-structured 20 to 40 min interviews were conducted by three members of the research team (JA, SS, AH), which were audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. Non- leading interview prompts were used to generate conver- ...
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The challenge of replacing halogen flame retardants in textile applications : Phosphorus mobility in back-coating formulations
... the flame chemical reactions in a manner similar to bromine-containing ...the flame retarding efficiency of such volatile ...superior flame retarding efficiency of THPC-based flame ...
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The potential for volatile phosphorus-containing flame retardants in textile back-coatings
... volatile flame retardants show the highest LOI values with respect to APP and melamine phosphate-containing formulations, but they also show the lowest TGA-derived char and highest ΔP values thereby ...
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Durable and Environmentally Friendly Flame Retardants for Synthetics
... halogenated flame retardant class which has been under much scrutiny over the last few years comes in three forms, penta, octa, and ...reactive flame retardants. In other words, this flame ...
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The potential of metal oxalates as novel flame retardants and synergists for engineering polymers
... Based on their known decomposition to carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and the respective oxide, six metal (calcium, manganese (II), iron (II), copper (II), tin (II) and zinc) were synthesised and assessed for their ...
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Thermal recycling of brominated flame retardants with Fe2O3
... Co-pyrolysis of metal oxides with halogen-bearing materials attracts technological interests on two compelling grounds: (i) recycling of bromine and chlorine-containing objects and (ii) pyro-metallurgical extraction of ...
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Durable and Non-Toxic Topical Flame Retardants for Cotton and Cotton Blends
... the flame resistance with regards to char length and after ...after flame. Conversely, due to the different mechanism of flame retardancy used by the Deca/Sb treatment the after glow results, ...
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Development of novel flame retardants for polyurethane foams
... In a typical method according to the present invention, said nucleophile is contacted in a reaction vessel with said labilised reaction intermediate in a ratio of from 50:1 to 24:1, such[r] ...
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Brominated flame retardants in placental tissues: associations with infant sex and thyroid hormone endpoints
... Methods: Placenta samples collected from 95 women who delivered term (>37 weeks) infants in Durham, NC, USA (enrolled 2010 – 2011) were analyzed for polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PB[r] ...
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Neurobehavioral function and low-level exposure to brominated flame retardants in adolescents: a cross-sectional study
... We conducted a cross-sectional study of the associ- ation between neurobehavioral function and biomarkers of exposure to BFR [serum levels of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) congene[r] ...
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