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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

ScienceDaily: Engineering and Construction News

ScienceDaily: Engineering and Construction News


New highly effective, eco-friendly flame retardant

Posted: 05 Jan 2015 02:02 PM PST

Fire consumes wood ferociously, in a deadly blaze—but the substances used to treat wood to resist burning can also be noxious and toxic. A professor guided an undergraduate and two high school students as they developed a patent-pending, environmentally sustainable way to render the wood used in construction flame retardant—and 5x stronger—using natural materials.

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