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FLAME RETARDANT [5 records]

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Record 1 2017-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fireproofing
DEF

Any substance that, by chemical or physical action, reduces the combustibility of a material.

OBS

Fire retardant usually means a greater resistance to fire than flame retardant.

OBS

flame retardant: term standardized by the Canadian General Standards Board.

OBS

fire retardant: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ignifugation
DEF

Produit ayant la propriété de retarder l'inflammation ou de diminuer la combustibilité des matières naturellement combustibles, que l'on utilise par imprégnation ou par épandage.

OBS

produit ignifuge : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

OBS

produit ignifuge; ignifuge : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ignifugación
DEF

Producto ignifugante que retarda la propagación de la llama.

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Record 2 2015-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A chemical compound that modify [the] pyrolysis reactions of polymers or oxidation reactions implied in combustion by slowing them down or by inhibiting them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Produit qui, ajouté à des résines, réduit ou empêche les phénomènes de combustion.

OBS

charge : Matière solide relativement inerte, ajoutée à un plastique, destinée à modifier sa résistance, sa stabilité, ses propriétés de mise en œuvre ou ses caractéristiques, ou à en réduire le coût.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Sustancia que retarda sensiblemente la propagación de una llama.

OBS

Los retardantes de llama se pueden incorporar en plásticos como aditivos (retardantes externos) o como grupos químicos en el polímero de base por el uso de intermediarios reactivos en el proceso de polimerización (retardante interno).

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Record 3 2005-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Fireproofing
  • Strength of Materials
DEF

A chemical applied to a fabric or incorporated into the fiber at the time of production, which significantly reduces a fabric's flammability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Ignifugation
  • Résistance des matériaux
DEF

Substance [chimique] ajoutée à un matériau pour supprimer, réduire ou retarder sensiblement [sa] combustion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industrias textiles
  • Ignifugación
  • Resistencia de los materiales
DEF

Producto utilizado en los tratamientos de ignifugación.

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Record 4 2005-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Words intended to prevent further "flames".

OBS

asbestos: Usenet or e-mail posters often speak of downing asbestos overalls or other protective gear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

Par opposition aux propos blessants, injurieux, grossiers, malséants, provocants, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 5 1991-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fireproofing
  • Interior Decorations
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

Flame retardant refers to materials, usually decorative, which due to chemical treatment or inherent properties do not ignite readily or propagate flaming under small to moderate exposure. It is the preferable term to denote chemicals,processes, paints, or coatings used for the treatment of such materials as fabrics, foliage, Christmas trees and similar items in the class of decorations or furnishings. Flame retardant denotes a lower degree of resistance than fire retardant.

CONT

A flame-resistant fabric is defined as one which either will not burn, or will burn so slowly as to allow time to extinguish the flame or discard the burning fabric, and thus obviate severe injury to the wearer. The flame-resistance rating of a fabric is derived from flammability testing and is equal to the time in seconds necessary for the propagation of flame over a distance of one hundred inches in a vertical strip of fabric.

OBS

Flame resistant is a term that may be used more or less interchangeably with "flame retardant".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ignifugation
  • Décoration intérieure
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
CONT

[...] on s'oriente vers la fabrication de textiles satisfaisant aux tests sévères des laboratoires agréés par le Ministère de l'Intérieur (contrôle de la vitesse de propagation des flammes, du dégagement de gaz toxiques, de l'opacité des fumées) et pouvant ainsi obtenir le label "non-feu" délivré par le Groupement technique des Matières et Produits non inflammables [...] Il faut, à ce propos, distinguer très nettement les textiles non-feu, qui gardent indéfiniment leurs propriétés, des textiles simplement "ignifugés", qui perdent les leurs au bout de trois, quatre ou cinq ans.

Spanish

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