New Flame Retardant Additives.
New Flame Retardant Additives.
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Kashiwagi, T.; Gilman, J. W.; Nyden, M. R.
Fire Retardanty of Polymeric Materials, 6th European
Meeting. F.R.P.M. '97. Proceedings. Invited Lectures.
LCAPS, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Lille
(ENSCL) and Centre de Recherche et d'Etude sur les
Procedes d'Ignifugation des Materlaux (CREPIM).
September 24-26, 1997, Lille, France, Bourbigot, S.;
LeBras, M.; Delobel, R., Editor(s)(s), 4-8 pp, 1997.
Keywords:
fire retardants; flame retardants; polymers; additives;
flame retardant treatments
Abstract:
The fire safety of materials can be significantly
enhanced by increased ignition resistance, reduced flame
spread rates, reduced heat release rates, and reduced
amounts of toxic and smoke products, preferably
simultaneously. The use of more thermal stable
polymers, of which many are available, might be a valid
solution to these requirements but generally the cost of
these materials is relatively high and, furthermore,
their physical properties or processability may not be
as desirable as those of less stable polymers. The most
common approach to enhance fire safety performance is
the use of flame retardant additives in large volume
commodity polymers. The most common approach to enhance
fire safety performance is the use of flame retardant
additives in large volume commodity polymers. The
additives must have a minimum impact on physical
properties and product cost.
