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Article | REF: AF6049 V1

Chemistry of the Combustion of Polymers and Fire Retardancy

Authors: Christelle VAGNER, Marianne COCHEZ, Henri VAHABI, Michel FERRIOL

Publication date: July 10, 2016, Review date: October 1, 2020

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3. Polymer flame retardancy

The flammability of a material is not an intrinsic property like its density or heat capacity . It can vary according to the conditions and scenario of combustion. For combustion to take place, three elements must come together to form the fire triangle (figure 12 ): a fuel (polymer in our case), an oxidizer (oxygen in the air) and a heat source (radiation, cigarette, flame, spark, short-circuit, etc.). A fire can then develop.

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