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Dropping Fire Retardants by Helicopter and Its Application to Wildfire Prevention near Electrical Transmission Lines

open access: yesFire, 2023
Dropping fire retardants by helicopter can effectively reduce the intensity of wildfires. This study proposes a test plan for spraying different fire retardants from a helicopter bucket fire extinguisher.
Jiazheng Lu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying and Prioritizing Chemicals with Uncertain Burden of Exposure: Opportunities for Biomonitoring and Health-Related Research. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
BackgroundThe National Institutes of Health's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) initiative aims to understand the impact of environmental factors on childhood disease. Over 40,000 chemicals are approved for commercial use.
(Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes)   +9 more
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Commercial fire-retarded PET formulations - relationship between thermal degradation behaviour and fire-retardant action [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Many types of fire-retardants are used in poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, formulations, and two commercial fire retardants, Ukanol(TM) and Phosgard(TM), have been shown to improve significantly PET flame-retardancy when used as comonomers.
Lecomte, Hélène A.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Microsphere‐Modulated Sensing‐in‐Energy Supercapacitor With Self‐Filtering Ultra‐Large Signal Under High‐g Shocks

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
To overcome severe signal oscillation under extreme impact conditions, this work presents a Sensing‐in‐Energy microdevice which integrates a MEMS inertial structure directly within a supercapacitor electrolyte cavity. Utilizing shock‐driven transient contact and electrolyte damping for signal self‐filtering, it achieves weak‐oscillation, large ...
Zhihao Zheng   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative performance of carbon nanotubes and nanoclays as flame retardants for epoxy composites

open access: yesResults in Physics, 2019
The pyrolysis characteristics of a nanoparticle-reinforced epoxy matrix composite were investigated to gain a better understanding of the basic mechanisms for flame retardancy.
Junjie Chen, Jiecheng Han
doaj   +1 more source

The co-pyrolysis of flame retarded high impact polystyrene and polyolefins [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The co-pyrolysis of brominated high impact polystyrene (Br-HIPS) with polyolefins using a fixed bed reactor has been investigated, in particular, the effect that different types brominated aryl compounds and antimony trioxide have on the pyrolysis ...
Bhaskar, T.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Practical Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: An Integrated Design Roadmap from High‐Loading Cathodes to High‐Energy Pouch Cells

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
This review presents an integrated design roadmap for practical lithium–sulfur batteries, moving beyond isolated material breakthroughs to the synergistic combination of three interdependent frontiers: Scale‐Up, Electrolyte‐Cathode Synergy, and AI/ML Data‐Driven Design.
Shihzad Shakil   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research progress of flame retardant modified polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene alloys: a review [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ Materials Science
This paper focuses on the current status and significance of research on flame-retardant modified polycarbonate/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene alloys (PC/ABS).
Hongwu Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Synergistic Effect of Carbon Nanotubes and Decabromodiphenyl Oxide/Sb\u3csub\u3e2\u3c/sub\u3eO\u3csub\u3e3\u3c/sub\u3e in Improving the Flame Retardancy of Polystyrene [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Brominated flame retardant polystyrene composites were prepared by melt blending polystyrene, decabromodiphenyl oxide, antimony oxide, multi-wall carbon nanotubes and montmorillonite clay. Synergy between carbon nanotubes and clay and the brominated fire
Lu, Hongdian, Wilkie, Charles A.
core   +1 more source

Self‐Adaptive Non‐Flammable Wallpaper With Layered Bead‐Network Structure for Light Path Modulation Enabling on‐Demand Building Thermal Management

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A layered bead‐network wallpaper is designed to modulate the light propagation path, overcoming the color residue limitations of thermochromic components for efficient automatic switching between radiative cooling and solar heating modes. The layered bead‐network wallpaper provides passive, all‐season thermal regulation while offering self‐cleaning and
Jianyu Wu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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