Full title: Fire retardant materials / edited by A.R. Horrocks and D. Price.

Author/creator: Price, Dennis, Horrocks, A. Richard.

Date: 2001..

Call Numbers: N628.9222/5

Record Identifier: 74VvkA62D0lg

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xv, 429 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., 1. Introduction: polymer combustion, condensed phase pyrolysis and smoke formation / Dennis Price, Geoffrey Anthony and Peter Carty -- 2. Mechanisms and modes of action in flame retardancy of polymers / Menachem Lewin and Edward D. Weil -- 3. Toxicity of fire retardants in relation to life safety and environmental hazards / David Purser -- 4. Textiles / A. Richard Horrocks -- 5. Composites / Baljinder K. Kandola and A. Richard Horrocks -- 6. Nanocomposites / Baljinder K. Kandola -- 7. Recent developments in flame-retarding thermoplastics and thermosets / Paul Joseph and John R. Ebdon -- 8. Applications of halogen flame retardants / Pierre Georlette -- 9. Natural polymers, wood and lignocellulosic materials / Ryszard Kozlowski and Maria Wladyka-Przybylak -- 10. Intumescent materials / Giovanni Camino and S. Lomakin -- 11. Graft copolymerisation as a tool for flame retardancy / Charles A. Wilkie -- 12. Performance-based test methods for material flammability / Bjorn Karlsson., 13. Fire safety design requirements of flame-retarded materials / Dougal Drysdale -- 14. Mathematical modelling / J. Staggs.

Publishers: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press ; Cambridge, England : Woodhead, 2001.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional physical form availability note: Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Knovel.

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DDC: 628.9222

MMS ID: 991013955979702626