Periodic Graphics: Suppressing wildfires with chemistry
Andy Brunning · C&EN Global Enterprise · 2019
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning answers questions about Phos-Chek, a fire retardant used to stop forest blazes To download a PDF of this article, visit cenm.ag/phoschek. References used to create this graphic: Hogue, Cheryl. “Seeing Red.”Chem. Eng. News, Aug. 29, 2011. Kalabokidis, K. D. “Effects of Wildfire Suppression Chemicals on People and the Environment.” Global NEST J. (July 2000). DOI: 10.30955/gnj.000144. Kishore, Kaushal, and Kottotil Mohandas. “Mechanistic Studies on the Action of Ammonium Phosphate on Polymer Fire Retardancy.” Combust. Flame (1981). DOI: 10.1016/0010-2180(81)90013-4. US Forest Service. “Phos-Chek Fire Retardants for Use in Preventing and Controlling Fires in Wildland Fuels.” Accessed Nov. 15, 2019. A collaboration between C&EN and Andy Brunning, author of the popular graphics blog Compound Interest To see more of Brunning’s work, go to compoundchem.com. To see all of C&EN’s Periodic Graphics, visit cenm.ag/periodicgraphics.