Fire retardant materials

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Horrocks, A. Richard (Author), Price, Dennis (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 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