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Boeing to Take Final Step in Approving FiREX

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Aurora, Illinois, USA, July 24, 2006 - Michael Chung jumps to his feet, grabbing a propane torch and a quarter-inch sheet of Styrofoam.

He gets the torch going full blast and uses his bare hands to hold the flimsy foam panel directly over the flame.

Rather than disintegrating as it should, the panel just chars slightly. Chung’s hands are not even warm.

The Styrofoam had been coated with a patented WSD product called FiREX, a thin layer of which can block the spread of combustion and heat in excess of 3,000°F.

The product is called an intumescent coating, a category that includes a variety of fire-proofing chemicals that have been on the market for years.

What sets FiREX apart, Chung said, is the fact that it is patented rather than proprietary, so its owners have no qualms revealing its component chemicals to prove it is non-toxic and environmentally friendly.
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