Analysis of Flame Retardancy In Polymer Science

Comprehensive collection of the major techniques of fire analysis for students, early career researchers, and junior engineers in academia and industry

Henri Vahabi (Edited by), Mohammad Reza Saeb (Edited by), Giulio Malucelli (Edited by)

9780128240458

Paperback, published 14 March 2022

470 pages, Approx. 100 illustrations
23.5 x 19 x 2.9 cm, 1 kg

Analysis of Flame Retardancy in Polymer Science is a scientific/practical book that is conceptualized, designed, and written for students, early-career researchers, and junior engineers to explain the basic principles of fire analysis/characterization methods/methodologies, from flammability, ignition, and fire spread to forced convection and related analyses and to elucidate the mechanisms underlying flame retardancy in both gas and condensed phases followed by correlation between laboratory- and real-scale fire analyses as well as fire analysis from an industrial standpoint. This book is also an indispensable resource for identifying and mounting the latest achievements in fire analysis/characterization methods to frame the effects of fire evaluation strategies to be utilized for research and development. The book also gives a broad description of fire analysis related to different standards and regulations for different applications in different geographic zones.

1. Fundamentals: Flammability, ignition, and fire spread in polymers
2. Forced combustion: Cone calorimetry
3. Microscale forced combustion: Pyrolysis-combustion flow calorimetry (PCFC)
4. Evaluation of gas phase: Mechanisms and analyses
5. Evaluation of gas phase: Smoke and toxicity analysis
6. Evaluation of condensed phase: Char/residue analysis
7. Analysis of fire resistance of materials
8. Characterization of high-temperature polymers for extreme environments
9. Correlation between laboratory- and real-scale fire analyses
10. Fire analysis tests from industrial point of view

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Chemical engineering [TDCB]