Bio-based, nontoxic and flame-retardant cotton/alginate blended fibres as filling materials: Thermal degradation properties, flammability and flame-retardant mechanism. (1st August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Bin; Li, Ping; Xu, Ying-Jun; Jiang, Zhi-Ming; Dong, Chao-Hong; Liu, Yun; Zhu, Ping
• Is Part Of: Composites. Number 194(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-08-01
• Subjects: Alginate fibres -- Cotton/alginate blended fibres -- Flammability -- Thermal degradation behaviors -- Filling materials; Composite materials -- Periodicals; Materials science -- Periodicals; Composite materials; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 620.118
• DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108038
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-8368

Abstract

Abstract: The effect of the blending amount of alginate fibres to cotton fibres on thermal stabilities, surface micromorphologies, flame-retardant and combustion properties of prepared cotton/alginate blended fibres were explored. The alginate fibres improved the thermal degradation properties at a higher temperature zone, showing in the increase of the residual chars. The alginate fibres enhanced flame-retardant properties and fire behaviors of prepared cotton/alginate blended fibres. The alginate fibres obviously decreased total heat release, peak heat release rate, total smoke production, CO2 production, and the released amount of inflammable volatiles. And the flame-retardant properties of cotton/alginate blended fibres can meet the requirements of filling materials for indoor furniture.