New highly effective, eco-friendly flame retardant
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 18:41
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 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.