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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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Electrically Conductive and Flame Retardant Graphene/Brominated Polystyrene/Maleic Anhydride Grafted High Density Polyethylene Nanocomposites with Satisfactory Mechanical Properties
TL;DR: In this article, an electrically conductive and flame-retardant maleic anhydride grafted high-density polyethylene (MA-HDPE) nanocomposites with satisfactory mechanical properties are fabricated by melting compounding MA-HPDE with polymethyleneimine-modified reduced graphene oxide (PEI@RGO) as conductive nanofiller and brominated polystyrene (BPS) as flame retardant.
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The application of organophosphorus flame-retardants in epoxy resin
Agnieszka Bereska,Paweł Kafarski,Bartłomiej Bereska,Bogusław Tkacz,Jolanta Iłowska,Joanna Lenża +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of two novel aryl phosphate mixtures on fire retardancy and the thermal stability of epoxy resins was studied by using the limiting oxygen index, vertical burning test (UL-94), cone calorimeter test, and thermogravimetric analysis, coupled with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
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Flame retardancy of ceramic‐based rigid polyurethane foam composites
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Flame retardant potential of clay nanoparticles
TL;DR: The non-flammability properties of nanoclay-based composites rely on the formation of carbonaceous layer shielding the underneath material during combustion as discussed by the authors, which is an important property of nanoclays.
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Phosphorus-containing polymers from THPS. VII. Synthesis of phosphorus-containing trialkynes and their metal-free 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction with azidated soybean-oil
TL;DR: In this article, a novel hydrolysis-resistant trialkyne, namely tris(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy methyl)phosphane oxide (TPOPO), was prepared from an environmentally friendly tetrakis(hydroxymethyl) phosphonium sulfate (THPS), which was characterized by FT-IR, NMR (1H, 13C, 31P) and MS.
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