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Merge suggested
I would suggest to merge the articles flame retardant and fire retardant as these terms are very similar. --Lucido 13:06, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

I would not merge: www.dictionary.com defines these two terms as fire retardant: able to slow or check the spread of destructive fire. flame retardant: a compound used in cloth and plastic material to raise the ignition point of the material, thus making it resistant to fire. Rick1957 13:49, 21 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I know that it is not exactly the best. But sometimes it is not so clear, whether it is a fire retardant or a flame retardant. In the section Chemical action e.g., the term "flame retardant(s)" is used twice. --Lucido 16:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

It can be confusing for the lay person. PFAS has received some publicity lately and it would be good if one could know how that all relates to each other. 2001:8003:A02F:F400:C436:BD23:BE6E:D93D (talk) 02:57, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Flame retardent is generally used(losely interchangeable) to describe clothing that has been treated to resist fire. Fire retardent is usually used (at least were I am) to describe retardent that is used to to treat building material and foliage in a wildland environment.

I can see were you are comming from. I genarlly use the words flame retardent to describe a chemical that is designed to prevent ignition of a material for a short time or at least not support combustion when removed fromt the heat source. I use fire retardent when talking about something that will stand up to all hazards of a fire. Such as the fire retardent insulation in buildings, it insulates the steel beams from the heat and does not support combustion. All in all I think they sould be 2 diffrent pages. NordicFire 24:18, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose merge they are different substances with different purposes. One is designed to be applied ahead of time to prevent burning, while the other is designed to be applied to a fire to suppress burning.  AK Radecki Speaketh  19:58, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Support merge

I totally understand the point with both above. The unfortunate thing is that in many other languages these two terms are combined. Having two separate english pages seems to confuse google when they translate terms. 09.06.2014 (gmt +3) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.76.70.243 (talk) 22:24, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

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