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Improving the flame resistance and smoke suppression capabilities of wood using biomimetic inorganic mineralized flame retardants

Industrial Crops and Products
To enhance the flame resistance and smoke suppression capacity of fast-growing wood and improve the utilization efficiency of wood resources, we developed a biomimetic inorganic mineralization strategy inspired by volcanic ash.
Xiaorong Zheng, Xinde Bao, Yinluan Qin, Jiayu Yang, Haitao Lyu, Huakang Zhou, Junjie Shu, Guofu Wu   +7 more
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Experimental Study on Low-Energy Ventilation and Fire Smoke Suppression Based on Negative Ion Purification Technology in Road Tunnels

Fire
Traditional road tunnel ventilation systems suffer from high energy consumption and limited effectiveness in fire smoke control. Thus, there is a pressing need to develop advanced air purification technologies that integrate low energy demand with ...
Fuqing Han, Shouzhong Feng, Guozhi Wang, Weili Wang, Yani Zhang   +4 more
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Fire Safety Analysis of Alternative Vehicles in Confined Spaces: A Study of Underground Parking Facilities

Fire
This study investigates the fire behaviour of Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles (ICEVs) in confined environments such as underground parking facilities and tunnels.
Edoardo Leone, Davide Papurello
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Flame retardancy and smoke suppression of reused flexible polyurethane foam: Synergistic effect of hydrophobic silica aerogel and organophosphorus flame retardant by Kabachnik-Fields reaction

Polymer Testing
A flexible polyurethane foam (FPF) composite with enhanced flame retardancy and smoke suppression was developed by incorporating hydrophobic silica aerogel (SA) and a P–N–aryl structured organophosphorus flame retardant (P-FR) synthesized via the ...
Jinkyu Choi, Hyeon Woo Jeong, Sea-Hoon Lee, Jae-Il So, Sang Eun Shim   +4 more
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A simple strategy for preparing Cu2+-doped flame retardants to enhance the fire resistance of wood

Industrial Crops and Products
The ethnic minority villages in Qiandongnan, Guizhou, are renowned for a large number of traditional stilted wooden buildings, which hold significant ethnic characteristics and cultural value.
Bin Hu, Yifang Hua, Xianghong Yang, Zhenhua Wang, Jun Sun, Jian Cai   +5 more
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Rigid polyurethane foam with improved thermal stability and flame retardancy modified by barium phytate and zinc oxide

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Rigid polyurethane foam (RPUF) has been widely used in fields such as construction, furniture, aerospace and so on due to its outstanding properties. However, its flammability seriously endangers people's lives and property safety.
Xu Zhang, Xiaoxiang Qu, Qihong Guan, Renzhou Li, Zhi Wang, Hua Xie   +5 more
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A new negative air ion smoke suppression purifier for purifying fire smoke in road tunnel based on corona discharge

Results in Engineering
The enclosed environment of a road tunnel restricts the dispersion of fire smoke, leading to its rapid accumulation, which significantly hampers firefighting efforts and personnel evacuation.
Shouzhong Feng, Deyuan Kan, Zhiguo Yan, Weixing Mao, Long Zhou   +4 more
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Studying flame-retardancy, smoke and toxicity of fiber-reinforced composites manufactured via modified resins and metallic coatings

Hybrid Advances
This study focuses on the development of flame-retardant fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, which are typically fire-intolerant despite their excellent mechanical, chemical, and thermal properties.
Md Shafinur Murad, Abdulhammed K. Hamzat, Eylem Asmatulu, Ersin Bahçeci, Mete Bakir, Ramazan Asmatulu   +5 more
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The synergistic effect of copper/boron composite preservatives and intumescent fire-retardant coatings in fire protection and smoke suppression of wood

四川大学学报. 自然科学版, 2022
In southwest China, there are a large number of traditional bamboo and wood residential buildings with national characteristics, which are of great historical and cultural value. However, due to the flammability and susceptibility to the fungal attack of
DENG Ze-Peng, FU Teng, GUO De-Ming, WANG Yu-Zhong, SONG Fei   +4 more
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Menthol attenuates respiratory irritation and elevates blood cotinine in cigarette smoke exposed mice.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Addition of menthol to cigarettes may be associated with increased initiation of smoking. The potential mechanisms underlying this association are not known.
Michael A Ha, Gregory J Smith, Joseph A Cichocki, Lu Fan, Yi-Shiuan Liu, Ana I Caceres, Sven Eric Jordt, John B Morris   +7 more
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