CERAMIC PLASTIC
July 1st, 2003
BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Brisbane, AustraliaBUILDINGS and lives may be safer during a fire thanks to a unique polymer plastic under development that turns into a ceramic when exposed to fire, and which industry experts predict should attract the interest of insurers. There is a wide range of applications for the material in passive fire protection, including for door and window seals, fire barriers and in fire rated electrical cables, say its inventors, the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Polymers.Unlike conventional polymers that turn to powder in a fire, ...
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