
Analysis of Flame Retardancy In Polymer Science
- 1st Edition - March 10, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Henri Vahabi, Mohammad Reza Saeb, Giulio Malucelli
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 0 4 5 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 2 6 1 - 2
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Request a sales quote- Includes the background, fundamental, and modern features of techniques of characterization of fire and flame behavior
- Provides an overview of the major techniques used in fire analysis of flame-retardant polymers
- Characterizes different types of materials at small, bench, and real-life scale
- Offers a comprehensive overview of fire behavior and testing and associated toxicity issues
- Integrates the scientific, technical, standard, regulation, and industrial aspects of fire analysis into a book for future developments in the field
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Fundamentals: Flammability, ignition, and fire spread in polymers
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Thermal transitions, thermoplasticity, and geometric effects
- 3: Fuel-forming reactions: Polymer pyrolysis and ignition
- 4: Oxidative degradation
- 5: Combustion and fire spread: Effect of incident heat flux
- 6: Flame retardance: Effect of flame retardants on ignition, combustion, and smoke generation
- 7: General appraisal of pyrolysis/ignition/burn versus reaction-to-fire test methodologies
- 8: Conclusions and future perspectives
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 2: Forced combustion: Cone calorimetry
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The forced-combustion environment
- 3: Additional instrumentation
- 4: Using the data
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3: Microscale forced combustion: Pyrolysis-combustion flow calorimetry (PCFC)
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: PCFC description
- 3: Study of pyrolysis
- 4: Combustion
- 5: Prediction of flammability data
- 6: Concluding remarks and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 4: Evaluation of gas phase: Mechanisms and analyses
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types of gas-phase mechanism
- 3: Common analytical tools for gas-phase mechanism evaluation
- 4: Concluding remarks and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 5: Evaluation of gas phase: Smoke and toxicity analysis
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Smoke contents
- 3: Analysis of smoke
- 4: Impacts of smoke
- 5: Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 6: Evaluation of condensed phase: Char/residue analysis
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fundamentals of char and residue formation
- 3: Chemical characterization: Chemical composition
- 4: Microscopy: Morphology of the residue
- 5: Dynamics of char/residue formation
- 6: Conclusions and future trends
- References
- Chapter 7: Analysis of fire resistance of materials
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Definitions and application of fire resistance
- 3: Material applications of fire resistance
- 4: Conventional approach of fire resistance
- 5: Performance approach
- 6: Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 8: Characterization of high-temperature polymers for extreme environments
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: High-temperature polymers
- 3: Aerothermal ablation testing for high-temperature applications
- 4: Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 9: Correlation between laboratory- and real-scale fire analyses
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Case study no. 1: Fire behavior of PMMA
- 3: Case study no. 2: Electric cable tray fires
- 4: Case study no. 3: Wildfires
- References
- Chapter 10: Fire analysis tests from industrial point of view
- Abstract
- 1: Fundamental principles
- 2: Scenario-based approach
- 3: Building products
- 4: Cables
- 5: Electrotechnical products
- 6: Others
- 7: Transportation
- 8: Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 10, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 470
- No. of pages (eBook): 470
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128240458
- eBook ISBN: 9780128242612
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Henri Vahabi
Prof. Henri Vahabi received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Montpellier, France, in 2011. He is currently a Full Professor at the University of Lorraine, France. His research is focused on thermal degradation, flame retardancy of thermosets and thermoplastics, and the development of innovative flame-retardant systems. Prof. Vahabi has authored over 170 articles in ISI-indexed journals and has edited four books. Furthermore, he serves as a committee member of the "Fire Group" within the Chemical Society of France and holds the position of Associate Editor for the Polymers from Renewable Resources journal.
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Mohammad Reza Saeb
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