High school team files patent application for new highly effective, eco-friendly flame retardant
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
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 Stony Brook University Materials Science Professor guided an undergraduate and two Long Island 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.