Reflects the multi-disciplinary approach of flame retardancy. This text focuses on fire retardant chemistry, regulations, fire safety engineering, fire phenomena, and other issues that pertain to this applied field of materials science. It offers a starting point for the compounder or plastics fabricator to pass flammability requirements. INDICE: An Introduction to Polymeric Flame Retardancy, Its Role in Materials Science, and the Current State of the Field. Polymer Degradation and the Matching of FR Chemistry to Degradation. Physical Parameters Affecting Fire Growth. Halogen-Containing Flame Retardants. Phosphorus-Based Flame Retardants. Intumescence-Based Fire Retardants. Fire-Retardant Fillers. Recent Developments in Silicon-Based Flame Retardants. Boron-Based Flame Retardants and Flame Retardancy. Char Formation and Characterization. Polymer Nanocomposites. Multi-Components FR Systems: Polymer Nanocomposites Combined with Additional Materials.Design of Interlayers for Fire-Retarded Polymeric Systems. Fundamentals of Fire Testing and What Tests Measure. Uses of Fire Tests in Materials Flammability Development. High Thoroughput Techniques for Fire-Resistant Materials Development. Fire Toxicity and its Assessment. Modeling Thermal Degradation of Polymers by Population Balance Methods. Micro to Mesoscale Testing and Modeling forNanocomposite Polymers in Fires. Full Scale Fire Modeling. Regulations, Codes, and Standards Relevant to Fire Issues in the United States. Changing Chemical Regulations and Demands. Flame-Retardant Design for Fiber Reinforced Materials. Flame Retardancy Design for Textiles. FR Design for Foam Materials. Material Design for Fire Safety in Wire and Cable Applications.
- ISBN: 978-1-4200-8399-6
- Editorial: CRC Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 823
- Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés