The combination of the halides and the antimony being key to the flame-retardant action for polymers, helping to form less flammable chars.
The heavy, flame-retardant house tabs can provide some degree of fire separation.
Nomex sewing threads are inherently flame-retardant and heat-resistant with a tough protective coating which resists abrasion during the sewing operation.
Perhaps one of her most well-known inventions is the flame-retardant fiber.
The treated fabrics have good crease-angle retention, resist acid souring in commercial laundries, do not retain chlorine, and have flame-retardant properties.
This treated material is then treated with ammonia and ammonia hydroxide to produce fibers that are flame-retardant.
Fabric that contains a flame-retardant coating can withstand even a very hot point source.
Around the world, disasters on mass transport, and in hotels, cinemas and nightclubs, have demonstrated the desperate need for textiles and other building materials to be flame-retardant.
