Non-halogenated Flame-Retardant Technology for Epoxy Thermosets and Composites
- 1st Edition - July 19, 2024
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Yuan Hu, Xin Wang
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 0 4 6 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 6 0 4 7 - 9
Non-halogenated Flame-Retardant Technology for Epoxy Resins, Thermosets and Composites provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the latest advances and technolog… Read more
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Request a sales quoteNon-halogenated Flame-Retardant Technology for Epoxy Resins, Thermosets and Composites provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the latest advances and technological developments in the field. Chapters cover important flame-retardant systems based on phosphorus, nitrogen, silicon, and boron as well as novel flame retardant epoxy nanocomposites such as graphene, graphitic carbon nitride, MoS2, phosphorene, CNTs, LDHs, and POSS. The use of flame retardant epoxy thermosets and composites in varying applications are also covered, for example, in coatings and paints, in electric and electronic applications, and in aviation and automotive sectors.
This comprehensive book will be an essential reference resource for academic and industrial researchers as well as materials scientists and polymer engineers. It will also be ideal for anyone working in the development of flame retardant epoxy-based materials.
- Covers basic properties, flame retardant mechanisms, emerging nanomaterials, and industrial applications
- Provides the latest information on biobased flame retardants
- Discusses hybridization technologies between different morphologies
Academic researchers and industrial R&D working in the field of polymer materials science and engineering, flame retardancy of materials, polymer chemistry and those working with flame retardant epoxy-based composite materials and fire safety and engineering Postgraduate and masters’ students in the above fields
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- About the series
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Section I. Fundamentals
- 1. Introduction to flame retardant epoxy thermosets and composites
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Structure-flammability relationships of epoxy resins
- 1.3. Flame retardant epoxy resins
- 1.4. Conclusion
- 2. The influence of flame retardants on the thermal degradation and combustion behaviors of epoxy thermosets
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Experimental methods for evaluating the thermal stability, flammability, and other parameters of polymeric thermosets and studying the mechanism of flame retardant action
- 2.3. Flammability reduction methods and mechanisms of epoxy thermosets
- 2.4. The effect of flame retardant additives
- 2.5. Mechanism of synergism of various flame retardants
- 2.6. Summary and concluding remarks
- Section II. Materials design, modification, and functionalization
- 3. Phosphorus-containing flame retardants for epoxy thermosets and composites
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Effect of phosphorus-containing flame retardants on epoxy thermosets and composites
- 3.3. Impact of flame retardant on fire retardant behaviors
- 3.4. Applications of phosphorus-containing flame retardants in epoxy thermosets and composites
- 3.5. Recent development and future outlook
- 3.6. Conclusions
- 4. Nitrogen-based flame retardants for epoxy thermosets and composites
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Working mechanism of nitrogen in flame-retardant epoxy
- 4.3. Ammonium-based flame retardants
- 4.4. Melamine-based flame retardant
- 4.5. Amine-based flame retardant
- 4.6. Phosphazenes
- 4.7. Inorganic nitrogen-containing flame retardant
- 4.8. Flame-retardant epoxy based on a nitrogen-containing synergistic system
- 4.9. Summary and future perspectives
- 5. Silicon-containing flame retardants for epoxy thermosets and composites
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Combustion behavior of EPs and flame-retardant mechanisms
- 5.3. Characterization methods of flame retardant performance
- 5.4. Classification of silicon-based flame retardants for EPs
- 5.5. Conclusion and prospects
- 6. Boron-containing flame retardants for epoxy thermosets and composites
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Major functions of borates in flame retardancy
- 6.3. Properties and applications of boron-based flame retardants
- 6.4. Conclusions
- 7. Intrinsically flame-retardant bio-based epoxy thermosets and composites
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Synthesis methods of bio-based epoxy and its curing
- 7.3. Biomass-derived flame-retardant epoxy monomer
- 7.4. Platform compound-derived flame-retardant epoxy monomer
- 7.5. Bio-based curing agent for flame-retardant epoxy
- 7.6. Flame-retardant bio-based epoxy composite
- 7.7. Conclusions
- 7.8. Research gaps and outlook
- 8. Recyclable flame-retardant epoxy thermosets and composites: Chemical concepts and future perspectives
- 8.1. Introduction to nonhalogenated flame-retardant epoxy thermosets and composites
- 8.2. Thermomechanical recycling of NHFR ETs
- 8.3. Thermochemical recycling of NHFR ETs and FRPCs
- 8.4. Industrial advancements in the development of inherently recyclable NHFR ETs
- 8.5. Conclusions and future outlook
- Declaration of competing interest
- Abbreviations
- Section III. Flame-retardant nanotechnology
- 9. Zero-dimensional nanomaterials for flame retardant epoxy thermosets and composites
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Metal oxide nanoparticles
- 9.3. Silica nanoparticles
- 9.4. Zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials
- 9.5. Other kinds of nanoparticles
- 9.6. Conclusion and perspectives
- 10. One-dimensional nanomaterials for flame retardant epoxy thermosets and composites
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. 1D nanomaterials for flame-retardant EP thermosets and composites
- 10.3. Summary and future perspectives
- 11. Two-dimensional nanomaterials for flame retardant epoxy thermosets and composites
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Preparation methods of two-dimensional nanomaterials
- 11.3. Flame retardant mechanism of two-dimensional nanomaterials
- 11.4. Two-dimensional nanomaterial-based flame retardants
- 11.5. Summary and perspectives
- Section IV. Applications
- 12. Flame retardant technologies of epoxy thermosets for coating and paint applications
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Flame-retardant epoxy resins for use in coatings
- 12.3. Flame-retardant epoxy resins for use in coatings
- 12.4. Conclusion
- 13. Flame retardant epoxy thermosets for electrical and electronic applications
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Flame retardancy of printed circuit boards
- 13.3. Flame-retardant encapsulating and potting epoxy resins for electronic applications
- 13.4. Conclusions and emerging trends
- 14. Flame retardant fiber-reinforced epoxy composites for aviation and automotive applications
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. Flame-retardant fiber-reinforced epoxy composites and their mechanism
- 14.3. Methods for enhancing the flame retardancy of FREC
- 14.4. Conclusion
- 15. Challenges and future prospects of flame-retardant epoxy thermosets and composites
- 15.1. Introduction
- 15.2. Challenges of flame-retardant epoxy thermosets and composites
- 15.3. Future prospects of flame-retardant epoxy thermosets and composites
- 15.4. Summary
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 19, 2024
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- No. of pages: 478
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443160462
- eBook ISBN: 9780443160479
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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, ChinaXW
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 Non-halogenated Flame-Retardant Technology for Epoxy Thermosets and Composites on ScienceDirect