Polyfire project- an example of an industrial research project promoting safe industrial production of fire-resistant nanocomposites
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Vaquero-Moralejo, Celina; López de Ipiña, J.M.; Galarza, N.; Hargreaves, B.; Weager, B.; [et al.]Date
2011Keywords
Nanocomposites
Safe industrial production
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New developments based on nanotechnology have to guarantee safe products and processes to be accepted by society. The Polyfire project will develop and scale-up techniques for processing halogen-free, fire-retardant nanocomposite materials and coatings based on unsaturated polyester resins and organoclays. The project includes a work package that will assess the Health and Environmental impacts derived from the manipulation of nanoparticles. This work package includes the following tasks: (1) Identification of Health and Environment Impacts derived from the processes, (2) Experimentation to study specific Nanoparticle Emissions, (3) Development of a Risk Management Methodology for the process, and (4) A Comparison of the Health and Environmental Impact of New and Existing Materials. To date, potential exposure scenarios to nanomaterials have been identified through the development of a Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA) of the new production processes. In the next step, these scenarios ...
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