Fire retardant materials
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| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press ; Cambridge, England : Woodhead Publishing ,
2001
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: polymer combustion, condensed phase pyrolysis and smoke formation / Dennis Price, Geoffrey Anthony, Peter Carty
- 2. Mechanisms and modes of action in flame retardancy of polymers / Menachem Lewin, Edward D. Weil
- 3. Toxicity of fire retardants in relation to life safety and environmental hazards / David Purser
- 4. Textiles / A. Richard Horrocks
- 5. Composites / Baljinder K. Kandola, A. Richard Horrocks
- 6. Nanocomposites / Baljinder K. Kandola
- 7. Recent developments in flame-retarding thermoplastics and thermosets / Paul Joseph, John R. Ebdon
- 8. Applications of halogen flame retardants / Pierre Georlette
- 9. Natural polymers, wood and lignocellulosic materials / Ryszard Kozlowski, Maria Wladyka-Przybylak
- 10. Intumescent materials / Giovanni Camino, S. Lomakin
- 11. Graft copolymerisation as a tool for flame retardancy / Charles A. Wilkie
- 12. Performance-based test methods for material flammability / Bjorn Karlsson
- 13. Fire safety design requirements of flame-retarded materials / Dougal Drysdale
- 14. Mathematical modelling / J. Staggs