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Title Fire retardancy of polymers : the use of intumescence / edited by M. Le Bras [and three others].

Publication Info. Cambridge, England : The Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998.
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (483 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Note "Papers presented at the 6th European Meeting on Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials (FRPM '97) organised jointly by the Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique et de Physico-Chimie des Solides de l'E.N.S.C de Lille and the Centre de Recherche et d'Etude des Procédés d'Ignifugation des Matériaux at the University of Lille (France) on 24-26th September 1977"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 6, 2014).
Summary Covers the following topics: Strategies; Intumescence: Mechanism studies; New intumescent polymetric materials; Flame retarded intumescent textiles; Intumescence - an environmentally friendly process?
Contents Front Cover; Fire Retardancy of Polymers: The Use of Intumescence; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Part I: Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials: Strategies; CHAPTER 1. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF FLAME RETARDING OF POLYMERS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; 3. GAS PHASE MECHANISM; 4. THE CONDENSED PHASE MECHANISM; 5. INTUMESCENCE, SYNERGISM AND CHAR; 6. THE MECHANISM OF FLAME RETARDANCY BY PHYSICAL EFFECTS; References; Part II: Intumescence: Mechanism Studies; CHAPTER 2. CHAR-FORMING ADDITIVES IN FLAME RETARDANT SYSTEMS.
1. INTRODUCTION2. METHODOLOGY; 3. REVIEW; 4. CONCLUSIONS; References; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 3. MECHANISTIC STUDY ON INTWAESCENCE; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXPERIMENTAL; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 4. CONCLUSION; References; CHAPTER 4. FIRE RETARDED INTUMESCENT THERMOPLASTICS FORMULATIONS, SYNERGY AND SYNERGISTIC AGENTS -- A REVIEW; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SYNERGY AND SYNERGISTIC AGENTS; 3. CONCLUSION; References; CHAPTER 5. MECHANISM OF ACTION OF HALOGEN-FREE FIRE RETARDANTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACHES TO DESIGN OF NEW FIRE RETARDANTS WITH REDUCED; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
3. SELECTED RESULTS4. CONCLUSIONS; References; CHAPTER 6. INTUMESCENT CHARS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; 3. PHYSICAL STRUCTURE; 4. THERMAL STABILITY; 5. MECHANICAL STABILITY; 6. THERMO-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; References; CHAPTER 7. SOME ASPECTS OF MECHANICAL STABILITY OF INTUMESCENT CHARS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXPERIMENTAL; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 4. CONCLUSIONS; References; CHAPTER 8. MODELLING FIRE RETARDANT INTUMESCENT POLYMERIC MATERIALS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EQUATIONS OF MASS CONSERVATION; 3. EQUATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION; 4. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; References.
CHAPTER 9. MODELLING OF THERMAL DIFFUSMTY DURING COMBUSTION -- APPLICATION TO INTUMESCENT MATERIALS1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXPERIMENTAL; 3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 4. CONCLUSION; References; CHAPTER 10. SPECIAL FEATURES OF BUBBLE FORMATION DURING INTUMESCENT SYSTEMS BURNING; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THEORY OF BUBBLE GROWTH IN POLYMER FOAMS; 3. BUBBLE GROWTH IN INTUMESCENT SYSTEMS; 4. LIMITING FACTORS; 5. CONCLUSIONS; References; CHAPTER 11. THE ROLE OF RADIATION OVER INTUMESCENT SYSTEMS BURNING; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EXPERIMENTAL; 3. THORETICAL PART; 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 4. CONCLUSIONS; References.
CHAPTER 12. STUDIES ON THE= DEGRADATION AND CHARRING OF POLYMERS BY XPS/TGA TO RE-EXAMINE THE TRANSITION TEMPERATURE TGRL OF THE GRAPHITE-LIKE STRUCTURE FOR POLYMERS ON HEATING1. INTRODUCTION; 2. TGRL AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN CHARRING; 3. RE-EXAMMATION OF THE ONSET OF TGRL- THE LIMITING TGRL(L TGRL); 4. CONCLUSIONS; References; Part III: New Intumescent Polymeric Materials; CHAPTER 13. POLYMER COMBUSTION AND NEW FLAME RETARDANTS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FLAME RETARDANTS; References; CHAPTER 14. NANOCOMPOSITES: RADIATIVE GASIFICATION AND VINYL POLYMER FLAMMABILITY; 1. EXPERIMENTAL; 2. BACKGROUND.
Subject Fire resistant polymers -- Congresses.
Polymères ignifuges -- Congrès.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- General.
Fire resistant polymers
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Added Author Bras, M. Le.
Other Form: Print version: Fire retardancy of polymers : the use of intumescence. Cambridge, England : The Royal Society of Chemistry, ©1998 xvi, 466 pages 9781855738041
ISBN 9781845698584 (electronic bk.)
1845698584 (electronic bk.)
9781855738041
185573804X
Standard No. DEBBG BV042316925
DEBSZ 414273702
GBVCP 813168163

 
    
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