#fire resistant

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stuarthome house ~ nielsen jenkins . lumby | photos: © tom ross

[geuretea]

Can we get an update on this fella? I think about them everyday

My team of scientists has reconstructed their body and now they are

F i r e r e s i s t a n t

[pokemonworlddatabase]

Before a battle, Quilava turns its back so its flames face its opponent. It battles using these intense flames in combination with gusts of superheated air. Its own fur is non-flammable, which protects it from other fire attacks. Quilava tends to be rare in the wild, but can sometimes be found living on grasslands. When exposed to the mysterious energy of Mount Coronet in Hisui, Quilava's evolution is altered, gaining it the Ghost type as it becomes Hisuian Typhlosion. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Quilava's flames on its back blaze brightly while it sleeps.

[emperor-olsen]

This is an old clay mine, here on the Denver Front Range, that was active during the early 1950’s and closed in the late 1970’s. The clay that was mined here was a very high quality form of vermiculite that was used to make fire-resistant tile and crucibles. The biggest consumer of this clay was the Coorstek Factory in Golden, Colorado, owned by the famed Coors Brewing Company. The mine is closed but it really cool to look at.

[goingtiny]

West Coast tiny housers, take note of this one!

This fantastic Australian house was built to be fire-resistant, being built in an area which has been burnt out in the past.  Many features are due to the speed of bush fires, with the idea that fires move so fast that you will not have a chance to evacuate the home from the danger area.

Every exterior feature has been live-fire tested.  The gutters have been adapted to reduce fire danger and collect rain water.  The metal mesh deck and window shutters add more protection to the outside.  

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Electrical cable triggers lightweight, fire-resistant cladding discovery

A University of Melbourne researcher has led the successful development of an organic, non-combustible and lightweight cladding core -- a product that was previously thought to be impossible to create.

Typically, lightweight cladding is made from organic, carbon-based, composite materials like plastic, but these materials by their nature are combustible. Non-combustible materials like steel, ceramic tiles or concrete are much heavier and more expensive to produce and install.

University of Melbourne Fire Engineering Group research leader Kate Nguyen has discovered that the plastic insulation around electrical cables uses tiny ceramic particles that activate and chemically interact with each other, forming and spreading a heat resistant network through the material.

In partnership with construction materials company Envirosip, who commissioned the research, Dr Nguyen began experimenting with different ceramic particles at the University's testing furnace at Creswick, north west of Melbourne.

Read more.

[bestcivilengineerngarticles]

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[beastiedreamer]

The beast is shocked that someone found him. He quickly realizes that Vincent too is beast, though he does not have the same cocktail that allows him to be fire proof and have a little control over the flames. Eddie Long, the fire beast, was an arsonist that Muirfield pulled for testing. They made him fire-resistant so he could put out fires. But a leopard can't change his spots. Vincent is stronger  but not fire-proof, so arson beast sets him on fire and escapes.