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Category : Physical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Author: United States. National Bureau of Standards
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Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 572

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Author: William J. Parker
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Category : Fire testing
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Author: Gennady Zaikov
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1466562110
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 175

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This book deals with the ecological aspects of polymer flame retardation. It deals with methods for estimating polymer flammability, the mode of action of modern flame retardants, and ecological concerns of the most used halogenated flame retardants.

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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 1006

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Author: Vytenis Babrauskas
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780419161004
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 660

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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1434

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Author: Rachel Maines
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813570239
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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For much of the industrial era, asbestos was a widely acclaimed benchmark material. During its heyday, it was manufactured into nearly three thousand different products, most of which protected life and property from heat, flame, and electricity. It was used in virtually every industry from hotel keeping to military technology to chemical manufacturing, and was integral to building construction from shacks to skyscrapers in every community across the United States. Beginning in the mid-1960s, however, this once popular mineral began a rapid fall from grace as growing attention to the serious health risks associated with it began to overshadow the protections and benefits it provided. In this thought-provoking and controversial book, Rachel Maines challenges the recent vilification of asbestos by providing a historical perspective on Americans’ changing perceptions about risk. She suggests that the very success of asbestos and other fire-prevention technologies in containing deadly blazes has led to a sort of historical amnesia about the very risks they were supposed to reduce. Asbestos and Fire is not only the most thoroughly researched and balanced look at the history of asbestos, it is also an important contribution to a larger debate that considers how the risks of technological solutions should be evaluated. As technology offers us ever-increasing opportunities to protect and prevent, Maines urges that learning to accept and effectively address the unintended consequences of technological innovations is a growing part of our collective responsibility.

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Category : Fire extinction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Author: S.M. Lomakin
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1466562579
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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There are obvious benefits in using flame-retardants, as many human lives and property are saved from fire. A large number of compounds have been identified as being used as flame-retardants. At present, knowledge of long-term effects resulting from exposure to flame retardants and their breakdown products is limited. The aim of this volume in the book series New Concepts in Polymer Science is to provide a general overview of the nature, mechanism of action, use and environmental hazards for a number of flame-retardants. This monograph (together with the book by the same authors, Ecological Aspects of Polymer Flame Retardancy (1999) will valuable to anyone interested in the field of flame-retardant chemicals.