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1. Reaction to fire and thermal degradation of polymers
Reaction to fire refers to the way in which a material will behave as a fuel. Organic polymer materials burn in virtually all cases, when specific conditions of temperature and oxidizability are met. However, while some polymers, such as polyolefins, burn easily, only extreme temperatures and oxygen levels are capable of igniting thermostable or highly fluorinated polymers such as PEEK or PTFE. Polymer combustion involves a series of complex processes that depend on the chemical composition of the material and the characteristics of its environment. In simplified terms, we can distinguish 3 successive stages: heating of the material, thermal degradation and oxidation of degradation products.
1.1 Polymer heating
This stage depends on the radiative properties...
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Flame retardant (FR) typology and modes of action
Bibliography
Websites
PolyFlame Newsletter http://polymer-fire.com/newsletters/
Flame retardant manufacturers: PINFA (Phosphorus, Inorganic & Nitrogen Flame Retardants Association) http://www.pinfa.org
EFRA (European Flame Retardant Association)...
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International Conference Fire and Materials 2015 February 2-4, 2015, San Francisco, USA
15th European Meeting on Fire Retardancy and Protection of Materials (June 22-25, 2015, Berlin, Germany).
4 th national conference organized by the ' Thermal degradation and fire reaction of organic materials ' group of the Société Chimique de France...
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