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Fire Retardants
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Fire Retardants
This paper discusses fire retardants: Chemical formulations, advantages and disadvantages of different types.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
4 sources |
1991
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"Fire is a lethal force that can easily escape control. In structures, it often starts in the building's furnishings and then ignites the structure itself. One of the keys to fire control, therefore, is to prevent the fire from spreading throughout a building via its contents, usually by depriving the fire of the fuel it needs to grow. It is this premise of flame suppression that underlies most research into flame retardants.There are several fire types and "hazard situations": nonflaming/smoldering fires, early or small flaming fires, and fully developed large-scale (called post-flashover) fires. Nonflaming/smoldering fires can start from overheating of vulnerable substances or can be self-sustaining over a long ... "
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Fire Retardants (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Fire-Retardants/18881
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"Fire Retardants" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Fire-Retardants/18881>
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