Wildfire prevention through prophylactic treatment of high-risk landscapes using viscoelastic retardant fluids

Polyphosphate fire retardants are a critical tactical resource for fighting fires in the wildland and in the wildland–urban interface. Yet, application of these retardants is limited to emergency suppression strategies because current formulations cannot retain fire retardants on target vegetation f...

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Published in:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Main Authors: Yu, Anthony C., Lopez Hernandez, Hector, Kim, Andrew H., Stapleton, Lyndsay M., Brand, Reuben J., Mellor, Eric T., Bauer, Cameron P., McCurdy, Gregory D., Wolff, Albert J., Chan, Doreen, Criddle, Craig S., Acosta, Jesse D., Appel, Eric A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6800381/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31570592
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907855116
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