# Noflan

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Flame retardant chemical

**Noflan** is a [flame retardant](/source/Flame_retardant) chemical. It was developed in the 1980s by the [Moscow State Textile University](/source/Moscow_State_Textile_University) and the [Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics](/source/Semenov_Institute_of_Chemical_Physics) in [Moscow](/source/Moscow), with the aim of fire-proofing the fabric used in Soviet spacecraft. In the 1990s the technology was commercialised and licensed to [Firestop Chemicals](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Firestop_Chemicals&action=edit&redlink=1).

## Composition

As [halogens](/source/Halogen) and [antimony](/source/Antimony) containing flame retardant result in unwanted degradation, alternatives have been under research.[1] Noflan is a complex of the [amide](/source/Amide) of [alkylphosphonic acid](/source/Phosphonate) ammonium salt with [ammonium chloride](/source/Ammonium_chloride) but is also alleged to cause corrosion.[2]

## Uses

Noflan is used to treat fabric and carpets in trains, buses and aircraft, including the [Airbus A380](/source/Airbus_A380).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## Gävle straw goat

Noflan was used to protect a giant straw yule goat or [julbocken](/source/Julbocken) from [arson](/source/Arson) in [Gävle](/source/G%C3%A4vle), [Sweden](/source/Sweden) during December 2006.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Mark Holmes (2004). "Russian flame retardants offer new halogen-free options". *Plastics, Additives and Compounding*. **6** (6): 42–43. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/S1464-391X(04)00304-6](https://doi.org/10.1016%2FS1464-391X%2804%2900304-6).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Carolan, Mary. ["Textile firms sue over anti-fire product"](https://www.irishtimes.com/news/textile-firms-sue-over-anti-fire-product-1.784941). *irishtimes.com*. The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Firestop Stops The Goat In His Tracks"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070524160741/http://www.firestop.uk.com/currentnews.htm). *www.firestop.uk.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.firestop.uk.com/currentnews.htm) on 24 May 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2008.

- New Scientist 22/11/07

## External links

- [http://www.firestop.uk.com/textiles.htm](http://www.firestop.uk.com/textiles.htm) Firestop's page on Noflan

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