Bio-based Flame-Retardant Technology for Polymeric Materials
- 1st Edition - August 19, 2022
- Editors: Yuan Hu, Hafezeh Nabipour, Xin Wang
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 7 7 1 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 7 7 2 - 9
Bio-Based Flame Retardants for Polymeric Materials provides a comprehensive overview of flame retardants derived directly and indirectly from plant sources, drawing on cutting-e… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBio-Based Flame Retardants for Polymeric Materials provides a comprehensive overview of flame retardants derived directly and indirectly from plant sources, drawing on cutting-edge research and covering preparation methods, testing and evaluation techniques, enhanced properties, and end applications. Chapters introduce bio-based materials in the context of additives for flame retardancy, explaining fundamentals and testing methods and analyzing synthetic approaches and the potential advantages of pursuing a bio-based approach. This is followed by detailed coverage of bio-based retardants, with each chapter covering a specific source and guiding the reader systematically through preparation techniques, evaluation methods, properties and applications.
Throughout the book, the latest progress in the field is critically reviewed, and there is a continual emphasis on novel approaches to achieve enhanced properties and performant materials. This is an essential guide for all those with an interest in innovative, sustainable flame retardant additives for polymeric materials, including researchers, scientists, advanced students, and more.
- Explains innovative techniques for the preparation of bio-based flame retardant mechanisms, analyzing properties, performance and applications
- Offers in-depth coverage of a range of sources, including cellulose, lignin, cardanol, chitosan, eugenol, vanillin, furan, alginate and vegetable oils
- Presents the latest advances in the field, serving as a novel resource to advanced students, researchers and R&D professionals in academia and industry
Researchers, scientists, and advanced students in flame retardants, bio-based materials, polymer science, composites, and engineering. Engineers, R&D, and other professionals in fire safety engineering, or working on advanced, sustainable materials for flame retardant applications
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction to flame retardants for polymeric materials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Commercial flame retardants
- 3: Bio-sourced flame retardants
- 4: Mechanism of bio-based flame retardants
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2: Synthetic approaches to bio-based flame-retardant polymeric materials
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Synthesis of bio-based flame-retardant epoxy resins
- 3: Synthesis of bio-based flame-retardant benzoxazine resins
- 4: Synthesis of bio-based flame-retardant polyurethanes
- 5: Summary
- References
- Chapter 3: Fire testing methods of bio-based flame-retardant polymeric materials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Laboratory-scale flammability/combustion/thermal behavior tests
- 3: Correlations between flammability tests
- 4: Analytical testing techniques
- 5: Commercial product testing/standards
- 6: Summary
- References
- Chapter 4: Cellulose-based flame retardants for polymeric materials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Synthesis and properties
- 3: Application
- 4: Flame retardancy
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5: Lignin and its derivatives: Potential feedstock for renewable flame-retardant polymers
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Thermal properties and analysis methods for flame retardancy of lignin
- 3: Lignin-based flame retardants
- 4: Vanillin-based flame retardants
- 5: Eugenol-based flame retardants
- 6: Guaiacol-based flame retardants
- 7: Challenges and future perspective
- 8: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6: Cardanol-based flame-retardant polymeric materials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Functionalization of cardanol
- 3: Cardanol-derived intrinsically flame-retardant polymers
- 4: Cardanol-derived flame-retardant additives for polymers
- 5: Summary and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 7: Chitosan-based flame-retardant polymeric materials and their applications
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The use of chitosan and its derivatives as flame retardants for bulk polymer systems
- 3: The use of chitosan and its derivatives as flame retardants for textiles
- 4: The use of chitosan and its derivatives as flame retardants for flexible polyurethane foams
- 5: Conclusions and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 8: Development of novel flame-retardant polymers based on eugenol
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Sourcing/extraction/toxicity
- 3: Eugenol functionalization and flame-retardant properties
- 4: A brief comparison between various bio-based building blocks
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9: Flame retardants from starch: Phosphorus derivatives of isosorbide
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Results and discussion
- 3: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 10: Flame-retardant polymeric materials from renewable vanillin
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Synthesis of vanillin
- 3: Flame-retardant vanillin-based epoxy thermosets
- 4: Conclusions and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 11: Furan-based flame-retardant polymeric materials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Origins and synthesis of different bio-based furan monomers
- 3: Halogen- and phosphorus-free furan-based flame retardants
- 4: Phosphorus-containing furan-based flame retardants
- 5: Inorganic furan-based flame retardants
- 6: Flame retardancy performance summary of furan-based flame-retardant polymeric materials
- 7: Conclusion and prospects
- References
- Chapter 12: Advances in alginate-based flame-retardant polymeric materials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Alginates as a flame retardant
- 3: Methods for the development of alginate-based flame retardants
- 4: Applications of alginate-based flame-retardant polymers
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 13: Phenolic-based phosphorus flame retardants for polymeric materials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Results and discussion
- 3: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 14: P–N-modified starch: A polymeric flame retardant for wood-based materials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Structure–property relationships and modes of action of SPCs
- 3: Thermal and fire properties of SPC-treated materials
- 4: Conclusions and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 15: Development of natural fiber-reinforced flame-retardant polymer composites
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types of natural fibers
- 3: Development of natural fiber-reinforced flame-retardant polymer composites
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 16: Vegetable oil-based flame-retardant polymeric materials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Vegetable oils
- 3: Flame-retardant mechanism
- 4: Vegetable oil-based flame-retardant polyurethane foam
- 5: Vegetable oil-based flame-retardant phenolic foam
- 6: Vegetable oil-based flame-retardant epoxy resin
- 7: Other materials
- 8: Summary and perspectives
- References
- Chapter 17: Progress in flame-retardant sustainable fiber/polymer composites
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types and properties of natural fibers
- 3: Natural fiber-reinforced flame-retardant polymer composites
- 4: Conclusions and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 18: Perspectives and challenges in using bio-based flame retardants
- Abstract
- 1: Perspectives on bio-based flame retardants
- 2: Challenges in using bio-based flame retardants
- 3: Summary
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 478
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 19, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323907712
- eBook ISBN: 9780323907729
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Yuan Hu
Professor Yuan Hu is Director of the Institute of Fire Safety Materials at USTC. He obtained his PhD from USTC in 1997. He been active in fire safety materials research for more than 30 years. His main research interests include polymer/inorganic compound nanocomposites, new flame retardants and their flame retardant polymers, synthesis and properties of inorganic nanomaterials, combustion, and the decomposition mechanisms of polymers. Prof. Hu has published more than 600 SCI papers and he has more than 40 patents to his credit. In 2017, he was awarded the 2nd Prize of the National Natural Science Award by the Chinese Government.
Affiliations and expertise
State Key lab of Fire Science (SKLFS), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, ChinaHN
Hafezeh Nabipour
Hafezeh Nabipour is a researcher at the University of Western Ontario and previously served as an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) for three years. She has authored over 80 ISI-indexed articles in peer-reviewed international journals. Her research focuses on synthesizing innovative metal-organic frameworks, designing novel bio-based polymers, and developing advanced complexes for applications in drug delivery, fire safety, and carbon dioxide capture.
Affiliations and expertise
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department, University of Western Ontario, CanadaXW
Xin Wang
Dr. Xin Wang is currently working as an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He completed his PhD in Safety Science and Engineering from USTC in 2013. His research interests focus on synthesis and application of bio-based flame retardants, preparation of layered nanomaterials and their use in flame retardant polymer nanocomposites. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 SCI-indexed papers in peer-reviewed international journals, 5 book chapters and 1 monograph. He was also awarded the 2nd Prize of the National Natural Science Award, by the Chinese Government in 2017.
Affiliations and expertise
State Key lab of Fire Science (SKLFS), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, ChinaRead Bio-based Flame-Retardant Technology for Polymeric Materials on ScienceDirect