Fire retardancy of polymers : new applications of mineral fillers /: new applications of mineral fillers. (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Michel Le Bras [and others].
• Other Names: Le Bras, M (Michel); European Meeting on Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials, 9th
• Contents: General considerations on the use of fillers and nanocomposites : an introduction to the use of fillers and nanocomposites in fire retardancy -- Micro-sized fire retardant fillers : fire retardant fillers for polymers -- Lamellar double hydroxides/polymer composites : a new class of fire retardant materials -- Effect of a small amount of flame retardant on the combustion of PC, PBT and PET -- Intumescent silicates : synthesis, characterization and fire protective effect -- Use of nanocomposite materials : flammability of nanocomposites : effects of the shape of nanoparticles -- Thermal degradation and combustibility of polypropylene filled with magnesium hydroxide micro-filler and polypropylene nano-filled aluminosilicate composite -- Effect of the processing conditions on the fire retardant and thermomechanical properties of PP-clay nanocomposites -- Fire retardancy of polystyrene-hectorite nanocomposites -- Pyrolysis and flammability of polyurethane-organophilic clay nanocomposite -- Thermal degradation behaviour of flame-retardant unsaturated polyester resins incorporating functionalised nanoclays -- Comparative study of nanoeffect on fire retardancy of polymer-graphite oxide nanocomposites -- Styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer montmorillonite nanocomposite : processing, characterization and flammability -- Micro-sized fire retarding mineral fillers : polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes : application to flame retardant textiles -- Octaisobutyl POSS thermal degradation -- Mineral fillers in synergistic systems. Interactions between nanoclays and flame retardant additives in polyamide 6 and polyamide 6.6 films -- Use of clay-nanocomposite matrixes in fire retardant polyolefin-based intumescent systems -- Effect of hydroxides on fire retardance mechanism of intumescent eva composition -- Barrier effects for the fire retardancy of polymers -- Plasma assisted process for fire properties improvement of polyamide and clay nanocomposite reinforced polyamide : a scale-up study -- Fire retardant polypropylene / flax blends: use of hydroxides -- Intumescence in ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer filled with magnesium hydroxide and organoclays -- Spent oil refinery catalyst : a synergistic agent in intumescent formulations for polyethylenic materials -- Zinc borates as synergists for flame retarded polymers -- Fire retardancy of engineering polymer composites -- Flame retardant mechanisms facilitating safety in transportation -- Effect of the addition of mineral fillers and additives on the toxicity of fire effluents from polymers : comparison of the degradation products of polyurethane and polyurethane-organophilic clay nanocomposite : a toxicological approach -- Mechanisms of smoke and CO suppression from EVA composites -- Products of incomplete combustion from fire studies in the Purser furnace -- Improved and cost-efficient brominated fire retardant systems for plastics and textiles by reducing or eliminating antimony trioxide.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 416 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 668.9; 628.9/223; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Materials Science; Fire resistant polymers; Fireproofing agents; Fillers (Materials); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical; Chemistry; Science; Fillers (Materials); Fire resistant polymers; Fireproofing agents; Materials science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847552396; 1847552390
• Related ISBNs: 0854045821; 9780854045822
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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