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Flame Retardants

Known as: flame retardant, Retardants, Fire, Retardants, Flame 
Materials applied to fabrics, bedding, furniture, plastics, etc. to retard their burning; many may leach out and cause allergies or other harm.
National Institutes of Health

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Fireproofing Agents
aspects of radiation effectschemical synthesisstandards characteristics

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bromochlorodifluoromethanetris(chloroethyl)phosphate

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
An efficient mono-component polymeric intumescent flame retardant for polypropylene: preparation and application.
We found in our previous study that ethylenediamine- or ethanolamine-modified ammonium polyphosphates could be used alone as an… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Dechlorane plus, a chlorinated flame retardant, in the Great Lakes.
A highly chlorinated flame retardant, Dechlorane Plus (DP), was detected and identified in ambient air, fish, and sediment… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of some brominated flame retardants in a Lake Winnipeg (Canada) food web
The extent of bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of brominated diphenyl ether (BDE) congeners, hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Distribution and fate of HBCD and TBBPA brominated flame retardants in North Sea estuaries and aquatic food webs.
Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) and hexabromocyclododecane diastereoisomers (alpha-, beta/-, and gamma-HBCD) were investigated in… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Thermal and flammability properties of polypropylene/carbon nanotube nanocomposites
Review
2003
Review
2003
Environmental release and behavior of brominated flame retardants.
Review
2003
Review
2003
A review of flame retardant polypropylene fibres
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Brominated flame retardants: a novel class of developmental neurotoxicants in our environment?
Brominated flame retardants are a novel group of global environmental contaminants. Within this group the polybrominated diphenyl… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Flame retardants in indoor air at an electronics recycling plant and at other work environments.
Air samples from a plant engaged in recycling electronics goods, a factory assembling printed circuit boards, a computer repair… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Do flame retardants threaten ocean life?
Brominated flame retardants are important in modern life. They are used at relatively high concentrations in electronic equipment… 
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