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Novel Fire Retardant Polymers and Composite Materials
1st Edition - August 21, 2016
Editor: De-Yi Wang
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780081009772
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eBook ISBN:9780081001639
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Novel Fire Retardant Polymers and Composite Materials reviews the latest scientific developments and technological advances in the design and manufacture of fire retardant polymers and composite materials. Fire retardant polymeric materials are used in a broad range of applications in fields such as aviation, automotive, computer, construction, electronics, and telecommunications. It is essential to have a better understanding of the scientific technology used in the design and manufacture of fire-resistant materials and their end products. This book includes the latest developments in fire retardant technologies for different polymeric material systems, such as PU, PP, PE, PLA, epoxy, rubber, textile, phenol resin, and PA, etc.
Provides cutting-edge research in flame retardant materials, relevant to both scientific and industrial applications
Presents the latest and most up-to-date fire retardant technologies
Discusses the most popular fire retardant polymer systems
Includes the latest developments in fire retardant technologies for different polymeric material systems, such as PU, PP, PE, PLA, epoxy, rubber, textile, phenol resin, and PA
Research scientists, chemists, design engineers, product development managers and all those involved in the technological advances and commercial application of fire retardant polymeric materials.
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Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering
6.3. Flame retardancy of polyamides: from fundamentals to new chemistry
6.4. New solutions involving interfacial modifications in glass-fibre-reinforced polyamides
6.5. Smoke and toxicity of polyamide combustion
6.6. Current developments and future trends
7. Flame retardancy of flexible polyurethane foams: Traditional approaches versus layer-by-layer assemblies
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Polyurethane chemical structure
7.3. Polyurethane thermal decomposition
7.4. Polyurethane combustion and toxicity of combustion gases
7.5. Traditional approaches for conferring flame retardancy to flexible polyurethane foams
7.6. Novel approaches for conferring flame retardancy to polyurethane foams. Layer-by-layer assembly: fundamental aspects of this powerful surface modification technique
7.7. Application of layer-by-layer assemblies to flame retardancy and flexible polyurethane foams
7.8. Improving the efficiency of layer-by-layer coatings towards industrialization: future perspectives of layer-by-layer in foams
7.9. Conclusions and future perspectives
List of abbreviations
8. Functional layered double hydroxides and their use in fire-retardant polymeric materials
8.1. Introduction of layered double hydroxides
8.2. Synthesis and functionalization of LDH
8.3. Preparation of LDH-based polymer nanocomposites
8.4. Fire behaviors of LDH-based polymer nanocomposites
8.5. Outlook
9. Silicon-based mesoporous materials and organic–inorganic hybrid materials: From preparation to application in fire retardancy of polymeric materials
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Mesoporous silica as a highly efficient flame retardant or synergist
9.3. Organic–inorganic hybrid materials as highly flame retardant or synergist
10.2. Thermal decomposition mechanisms of organic polymers and fire hazards of composites
10.3. Flame-retardant solutions suitable for carbon-fiber-reinforced epoxy composites
10.4. Conclusion
11. Flame retardance and thermal stability of polymer/graphene nanosheet oxide composites
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Experimental
11.3. Results and discussion
11.4. Conclusions
Index
No. of pages: 342
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: August 21, 2016
Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
Hardback ISBN: 9780081009772
eBook ISBN: 9780081001639
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De-Yi Wang
Professor De-Yi Wang is currently leading the High Performance Polymer Nanocomposites research group at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies of Materials (IMDEA-Materials) in Spain. His research activities focus on application-oriented fundamental problems, novel technologies in multifunctional nanomaterials, eco-benign fire retardants with high effectiveness, high performance environmentally-friendly polymers and nanocomposites.
Affiliations and expertise
Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies of Materials (IMDEA-Materials)
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