Recent Advances in Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials Materials, Applications, Research and Industrial Development Markets

Abstract

Abstract The Sixth Annual Conference on Flame Retardancy was held in Ramada Plaza Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut, USA on May 23-25, 1995. As before it was organised and sponsored by Business Communications Company. Scientists from 9 countries (USA, Canada, Germany, Holland, Russia, UK, India, China and Israel) contributed in the Conference. The meeting was aimed to: create a forum for introducing new technological achievements and development in the field of flame retardancy (FR); review the current state of science and technology in FR; review the applications and markets for FR products; present recent developments in local and global standardisation and in testing technology; discuss toxicity and environmental issues; provide a unique opportunity for newcomers to FR research technology and marketing to become acquainted with the FR field in all its aspects, and discuss halogen-based and non-halogen-based flame retardant chemicals, syn- ergism, intumescence, FR mechanisms, modelling, flame parameters, inherently FR polymers and polymer blends.