17 Mar How flame retardants prevent fires and protect people
The safety of modern buildings and consumer products relies heavily on flame retardants. These key components help consumers stay safe and prevent the spread of fires.
Flame retardants slow the spread of flames, maximising the time for intervention and to escape. They ensure fire safety in three ways:
- They disrupt combustion.
- They insulate the fuel from the heat source.
- They dilute the flammable gases and concentration of oxygen in the flame.
These are some of the many learnings encapsulated in BSEF’s new brochure and website entitled ‘Flame retardants: Preventing fires and protecting people’, which aims to raise awareness about the origins, applications and importance of flame retardants in our everyday lives.
Bromine is widely used as the basis for organic flame retardants in plastics used in electrical and electronic equipment, including large and small domestic appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines, as well as in televisions and computers. It is also deployed in plastics used for transport applications – cars, trains and aeroplanes – and can be applied to the foams used in furniture and other soft fittings.
Due to its unique interaction with the combustion process, bromine is an extremely efficient flame-retardant technology. This means that a relatively small amount is required to achieve the required flame resistance.
This new educational resource delves into the concept of fire safety, recognised as a complex and continuously evolving science that dates back more than 3,000 years. It further examines the evolution of this science by demonstrating the concrete ways in which flame retardants ensure fire safety. These include disrupting combustion, insulating the fuel from the heat source and diluting the flammable gases and concentration of oxygen in the flame.
Learn more about how flame retardants prevent fires and protect people in BSEF’s latest publication.
Jinsi Vifaa vya Kuzuia Moto vinavyozuia moto na kulinda watu Usalama wa majengo ya kisasa na bidhaa za watumiaji hutegemea sana vifaa vya kuzuia moto. Vipengele hivi muhimu husaidia watumiaji kukaa salama na kuzuia kuenea kwa moto. Vifaa vya kuzuia moto hupunguza kuenea kwa moto, na kuongeza wakati wa kuingilia kati na kutoroka. Wao kuhakikisha usalama wa moto kwa njia tatu: - Wao kuvuruga kuchoma. - Wao kutenganisha mafuta kutoka chanzo cha joto. - Wao dilute gesi flammable na mkusanyiko wa oksijeni katika moto. "Hizi ni baadhi ya masomo mengi yaliyoandikwa katika broshua mpya ya BSEF na tovuti yenye kichwa ""Vichelevu vya moto: Kuzuia Moto na Kulinda Watu"" ambayo inakusudia kuongeza ufahamu juu ya asili, matumizi na umuhimu wa chelevu katika maisha yetu ya kila siku." Bromine ni msingi wa retardants ya moto ya kikaboni katika vifaa vya umeme na elektroniki, pamoja na vifaa vya nyumbani vya ukubwa na vidogo kama vile friji na mashine za kuosha, na pia katika televisheni na kompyuta. Pia ni kupelekwa katika plastiki kutumika kwa ajili ya maombi ya usafiri <unk> magari, treni na ndege <unk> na inaweza kutumika kwa foams kutumika katika fanicha na vifaa vingine laini. Kwa sababu ya mwingiliano wake wa kipekee na mchakato wa mwako, bromini ni teknolojia ya ufanisi wa moto. Hii ina maana kwamba kiasi kidogo inahitajika kufikia required flame upinzani. "Kifaa hiki kipya cha elimu kinachunguza dhana ya ""Usalama wa Moto,"" inayotambuliwa kama sayansi tata na inayoendelea ambayo ina historia ya zaidi ya miaka 3,000." Inaendelea kuchunguza mageuzi ya sayansi hii kwa kuonyesha njia halisi ambayo retardants moto kuhakikisha usalama wa moto. Hizi ni pamoja na kuvuruga kuchoma, kutenganisha mafuta kutoka chanzo cha joto na diluting gesi flammable na mkusanyiko wa oksijeni katika moto. Kujifunza zaidi kuhusu jinsi retardants moto kuzuia moto na kulinda watu katika BSEF ya kuchapishwa hivi karibuni.