Noflan
Noflan is a flame retardant chemical. It was developed in the 1980s by the Moscow State Textile University and the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics in Moscow, with the aim of fire-proofing the fabric used in Soviet spacecraft. In the 1990s the technology was commercialised and licensed to Firestop Chemicals.
Composition
[edit | edit source]As halogens and antimony containing flame retardant result in unwanted degradation, alternatives have been under research.[1] Noflan is a complex of the amide of alkylphosphonic acid ammonium salt with ammonium chloride but is also alleged to cause corrosion.[2]
Uses
[edit | edit source]Noflan is used to treat fabric and carpets in trains, buses and aircraft, including the Airbus A380.[citation needed]
Gävle straw goat
[edit | edit source]Noflan was used to protect a giant straw yule goat or julbocken from arson in Gävle, Sweden during December 2006.[3]
References
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- New Scientist 22/11/07
External links
[edit | edit source]- http://www.firestop.uk.com/textiles.htm Firestop's page on Noflan
