Pre CONGRESS Tutorial 7: Flame Retardants Fundamentals

	Dr. Adrian Beard, Clariant Produkte (Deutschland), DE Vice President of the European Flame Retardant Association,
	Volker Thewes, Clariant Produkte (Deutschland), DE Global Technical Manager for intumescent systems,

Monday, 30 March 2009
8.30 - 12.00 h

Room Krakau

The tutorial will provide you with the details and theoretical background of flame retardancy. Specifically the fundamentals of burning behaviour of different materials, different chemistries of flame retardant mechanisms, fire tests of different scales and for different applications and intumenscent coatings as flame retardant or fire resistant coatings will be addressed. The tutorial familiarizes you with fire safety regulations and standards. Other important aspects are environmental and legislation issues (e.g. REACH).

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