# Electrical equipment and Flame retardants

Electrical equipment depends on flame retardants.

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[Electrical equipment](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/electrical_equipment/) (industry) and [Flame retardants](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/flame_retardants/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Flame retardants → Electrical equipment*

2 of the enterprise types in Electrical equipment depend on flame retardants; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

- **2** enterprise types depend on it
- **4 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Power cable and wire makers: low-smoke cables (criticality 4 of 5)
- Insulation, polymer and insulator suppliers: fire-safe cables (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.