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Recent developments in the fire retardancy of polymeric materials
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In this paper, the authors highlight the ecological impacts of using conventional flame retardants, thereby signifying the necessity to use eco-friendly agents, and explore the use of various nanofillers for this purpose, compare their performance with traditional systems, provide insights into different testing standards and combustion mechanisms, modelling aspects of the combustion behavior, and identify novel approaches that could be considered for meeting the fire safety standards with ecofriendly materials.About:
This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 488 citations till now.read more
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Hybrid films of chitosan, cellulose nanofibrils and boric acid: Flame retardancy, optical and thermo-mechanical properties.
TL;DR: Bicomponent films comprising CNF and chitosan, displayed better fire retardancy than that of neat CS films, and boric acid improved the thermal stability of the bicomponents films.
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Enhanced dispersion, flame retardancy and mechanical properties of polypropylene/intumescent flame retardant composites via supercritical CO2 foaming followed by defoaming
TL;DR: In this paper, an industrially viable and efficient approach for the fabrication of polypropylene (PP)/intumescent flame retardants (IFR) composites with more uniform dispersion by combining the advantages of supercritical CO2 (scCO2) plasticization and biaxial bubble stretching through the scCO2 foaming technique followed by defoaming, and the increasing of the foam expansion ratio could lead to the better IFR dispersion of the final defoamed solid PP/IFR composites.
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The synergistic flame-retardant behaviors of pentaerythritol phosphate and expandable graphite in rigid polyurethane foams
Shijun Wang,Lijun Qian,Fei Xin +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the flame-retardant rigid polyurethane foams (RPUFs) containing pentaerythritol phosphate (PEPA) and expandable graphite (EG) were prepared by box-foaming.
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Cure Index for labeling curing potential of epoxy/LDH nanocomposites: A case study on nitrate anion intercalated Ni-Al-LDH
Zohre Karami,Maryam Jouyandeh,Jagar A. Ali,Mohammad Reza Ganjali,Mohammad Reza Ganjali,Mustafa Aghazadeh,Mona Maadani,Marco Rallini,Francesca Luzi,Luigi Torre,Debora Puglia,Vahideh Akbari,Mohammad Reza Saeb +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, a Ni-Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) was synthesized and intercalated with nitrate anion via solvothermal method to form NiAl-NO3 LDH and characterized by FTIR, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and TGA techniques.
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Studies on thermal degradation and flame retardant behavior of the sisal fiber reinforced unsaturated polyester toughened epoxy nanocomposites
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of fibers and Cloisite 30B (C30B) nanoclays on the mechanical properties, thermal stability, flame retardant, and morphological behavior of the UP toughened epoxy (Epoxy/UP) were systematically studied.
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