What does retardant mean

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What does retardent mean?

Definitions of retardent. any agent that retards or delays or hinders. synonyms: retardant, retardation. type of: agent. an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect.

What is in retardant?

Fire retardant is 85 percent water, 10 percent fertilizer and 5 percent minor ingredients such as colorants, anti-corrosive material, thickeners (clay or natural gum), stabilizers and bactericides, according to the USFS public affairs specialist Jennifer Jones.

Can you say retardant?

What is a synonym for retardant?

retardant, retardent, retardationnoun. any agent that retards or delays or hinders. “flame-retardant” Synonyms: slowness, subnormality, slowing, slowdown, mental retardation, backwardness, lag, deceleration, retardent, retardation.

What is the red stuff that planes drop on fire?

fire retardant The red stuff dropped out of planes during fires? Here’s what to know: It’s fire retardant, used in preemptive strikes to keep flames from spreading. Phos-Chek is by far the dominant brand and is used around homes and under fireworks displays as well as in fighting wildfires.

What’s the red stuff planes drop on fires?

fire retardant It’s a sight now synonymous with California’s fire season: A tanker aircraft flies over vegetation and drops a stream of red. But what exactly is that stuff? It’s fire retardant, used in preemptive strikes to keep flames from spreading.

What is the opposite of a retardant?

What is the opposite of fire-retardant?

inflammable	flammable
ignitable	ignitible
burnable	combustible
waterproof

What’s another name for fire retardant?

What is another word for fire-retardant?

flame-retardant	fireproof
noncombustible	non-flammable
unburnable	non-inflammable
heatproof	fire resistant
flame retardant	flame resistant

What is flame retardant properties?

Flame retardants are chemicals that are applied to materials to prevent the start or slow the growth of fire. They have been used in many consumer and industrial products since the 1970s, to decrease the ability of materials to ignite. Flame retardants are often added or applied to the following products.

What is the opposite of flame retardant?

What is the opposite of flame-retardant?

inflammable	flammable
ignitable	ignitible
burnable	combustible
waterproof

When did inflammable became flammable?

The word inflammable came into use in the 15th century while flammable came in later in the 19th century, as people were interpreting inflammable as not flammable and that could get quite dangerous!