Sentences with phrase «act as a flame retardant»

But researchers at Shanghai's Institute of Ceramics are developing wallpaper that can detect fire and even act as a flame retardant.

Not exact matches

Many animal studies have demonstrated that several classes of flame retardants act as endocrine - disrupting chemicals and interfere with thyroid homeostasis (function), partly because they share a similar chemical structure with thyroid hormones, Sosa said.