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jchu1988 · 06-07-12, 07:19 PM

When I was doing my year-in-industry as an undergrad, I was tasked with testing various fire retardant formulations for a polyurethane company. Some of these formulations worked ok, but other caused the foams to burn far better than the virgin foam. To this day, no one has yet worked out why this is.

Currently, we have used a technique to amplify a 10mW laser to several watts. Just as a reference 10mW is nearly eye safe while several watts can be used to weld steel.

06-07-12, 07:19 PM	#31
jchu1988 Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Droylsden & sheffield Posts: 44	Re: Your Most Interesting thing from Work. When I was doing my year-in-industry as an undergrad, I was tasked with testing various fire retardant formulations for a polyurethane company. Some of these formulations worked ok, but other caused the foams to burn far better than the virgin foam. To this day, no one has yet worked out why this is. Currently, we have used a technique to amplify a 10mW laser to several watts. Just as a reference 10mW is nearly eye safe while several watts can be used to weld steel.