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3. Flame-retardant compounds
To better explain the development of this sector (see boxed history), a few concepts are outlined below to help readers understand the many facets of fireproofing.
The first plastics were discovered towards the end of the 19th century, but their use didn't become widespread until after the Second World War. Unlike wood, which mankind has used since the dawn of time, and whose danger we have assimilated, the combustibility of plastics has not penetrated the collective unconscious. As a result, people have little or no suspicion of these by-products, which are similar in structure to candles. This has led to a number of dramatic accidents, such as the fire in a dance hall decorated with expanded polystyrene sheets in St-Laurent-du-Pont in 1970, which killed 160 people. Since then, legislators have taken an interest...
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International Organization for Standardization (ISO) http://www.iso.ch/
- Plastiques. Détermination de l'absorption d'eau - ISO 62 - 2008
- Plastiques. Détermination de la température de fléchissement sous charge. Partie 1 : Méthode générale d'essai - ISO 75-1 - 2004
- Plastiques. Détermination de la température de fléchissement sous charge. Partie 2 : Plastiques et ébonite - ISO 75-2 - 2004
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