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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.
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This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2013-09-01. It has received 488 citations till now.

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Thermally insulating and fire-retardant lightweight anisotropic foams based on nanocellulose and graphene oxide

TL;DR: This work shows that freeze-casting suspensions of cellulose nanofibres, graphene oxide and sepiolite nanorods produces super-insulating, fire-retardant and strong anisotropic foams that perform better than traditional polymer-based insulating materials.
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Intumescence: Tradition versus novelty. A comprehensive review

TL;DR: The main concepts of intumescence are reviewed in this article, highlighting the novelties as well as the most significant results achieved in the flame retardancy of polymeric materials in the last 10-15 years.
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Carbon-family materials for flame retardant polymeric materials

TL;DR: In this article, a review of carbon-based materials for polymeric composites with flame retardant properties is presented, including graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes, fullerenes as well as new emerging carbon forms (carbon nitride, carbon aerogels, etc).
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Fire-Retardant and Thermally Insulating Phenolic-Silica Aerogels.

TL;DR: In this paper, a mechanically resilient organic/inorganic composite aerogel with a thermal conductivity significantly lower than expanded polystyrene and excellent fire resistance was reported, which can resist a high temperature flame without disintegration and prevents the temperature on the nonexposed side from increasing above the temperature critical for the collapse of reinforced concrete structures.
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Self-assembly of exfoliated molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanosheets and layered double hydroxide (LDH): Towards reducing fire hazards of epoxy.

TL;DR: Compared with MoS2, the addition of LDH/MoS2 hybrids endowed more excellent fire resistance to epoxy matrix, which was reflected by the significantly reduced peak heat release rate, total heat release and total smoke production.
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDES) at a solid waste incineration plant I: Atmospheric concentrations

TL;DR: Polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDEs) at a solid waste incineration plant: Atmospheric concentrations as mentioned in this paper showed that the PBDEs at the incinerator were relatively stable.
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Ecological issue of polymer flame retardancy

TL;DR: The main flame retardant systems for polymers currently in use are based on halogenated, phosphorous, nitrogen, and inorganic compounds as mentioned in this paper, which basically inhibit or even suppress the combustion process by chemical or physical action in the gas or condensed phase.
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Catalyzing Carbonization of Polypropylene Itself by Supported Nickel Catalyst during Combustion of Polypropylene/Clay Nanocomposite for Improving Fire Retardancy

TL;DR: The combination of clay layers and a supported nickel catalyst promotes char formation of polypropylene (PP) itself in PP nanocomposites during combustion, which improves the flame retardancy of PP nano-composites.
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Chemistry of fire retardancy.

TL;DR: In this article, a litterature sur les mecanismes d'action des retardateurs de flamme, les methodes dessai utilisees, sur les formulations and sur les recherches necessaires en ce domaine is presented.
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