Meaning

1 senses
  1. A chemical used to impart flame resistance.

    Flammschutzmittel, Brandhemmer

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Some flame retardants can cause cancer and hormonal disruptions.

  2. The element antimony is mainly used in flame retardants.

  3. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun a major new risk assessment of 20 flame-retardant chemicals.

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
chemical used to impart flame resistance:

Forms

plural: flame retardants
Singularflame retardant
Pluralflame retardants

regular

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