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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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Influence of metal ions on thermo-oxidative stability and combustion response of polyamide 6/clay nanocomposites
TL;DR: In this article, the catalytic role of metal ions (Mg 2+, Al 3+ and Fe 3+ ) present in MMT is studied with an emphasis on the catalyst role.
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Exploration on structural rules of highly efficient flame retardant unsaturated polyester resins
TL;DR: In this article , structural rules of high-efficiency flame retardants were explored for unsaturated polyester resins (UPR) and flame retardant elements, and the mechanism for improved flame retardancy of UPR composites was discussed in detail.
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Flame Retardancy of Polymer Nanocomposite
TL;DR: In this paper, the fire retardant mechanism of nanofillers is discussed and an effective combination of nanophillers and conventional fire retardants is introduced reviewing lots of papers, some combination showed positive synergy effect in fire retardancy, but some case showed negative synergy.
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Exploration on structural rules of highly efficient flame retardant unsaturated polyester resins.
Fukai Chu,Shuilai Qiu,Shenghe Zhang,Zhoumei Xu,Yifan Zhou,Xiaoyu Luo,Xin Jiang,Lei Song,Weizhao Hu,Yuan Hu +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, structural rules of high-efficiency flame retardants were explored and the mechanism for improved flame retardancy of UPR composites with various polymeric flame retardant elements.
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Synthesis of a Novel Phosphorous-Nitrogen Based Charring Agent and Its Application in Flame-retardant HDPE/IFR Composites.
TL;DR: The possible flame-retardant mechanism of the APP/PDTBP IFR system indicated that compact and continuous intumescent char layer would be formed during burning, thus inhibiting the degradation of substrate material and improving the thermal stability of HDPE.
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