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Plastics Flammability Handbook : principles, regulations, testing, and approval /

Plastics flammability is a highly important consideration in many industries, including building and construction, mass transportation, electrical and electronic equipment, wire and cable, as well as upholstered furniture and textiles. This comprehensive handbook has been, since its first edition in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Troitzsch, Jürgen
Other Authors: Antonatus, Edith
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hanser.
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface to the Fourth Edition
  • List of Contributors
  • Contents
  • Part I: Fundamentals
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Fire Prevention and Fires
  • Jürgen Troitzsch
  • 1.2 Fire Statistics
  • Eric Guillaume
  • 1.2.1 Introduction
  • 1.2.2 Lessons Learned from Recent ISO Work on Fire Statistics
  • 1.2.3 Current National Fire Statistics: Relevant Data on Specific Issues
  • 1.2.3.1 Number of Fires
  • 1.2.3.2 Number of Fire Fatalities
  • 1.2.3.3 Number of Fire Injuries
  • 1.2.3.4 Costs of Fire Losses
  • 1.2.4 Future Developments
  • 2 The Burning of Plastics
  • Bernhard Schartel
  • 2.1 Production of Volatile Fuel: Heating, Pyrolysis, Charring, Heat of Combustion
  • 2.2 Decomposition of Polymers
  • 2.3 Ignition and Smoldering
  • 2.4 Steady Burning and Flame Spread
  • 2.5 Fire Load and Fire Resistance
  • 2.6 Conclusions
  • 3 Flame Retardants and Flame-Retarded Plastics
  • 3.1 Flame Retardants
  • Manfred Döring, Lara Greiner, and Daniela Goedderz
  • 3.1.1 Importance, Development, and Market
  • 3.1.2 Mode of Action
  • 3.1.2.1 Physical Action
  • 3.1.2.2 Chemical Action
  • 3.1.3 Important Flame Retardant Classes
  • 3.1.3.1 Metal Hydroxides and Mineral Fillers
  • 3.1.3.2 Halogenated Flame Retardants
  • 3.1.3.3 Phosphorus-Containing Flame Retardants
  • 3.1.3.4 Organic Radical-Forming Agents and N-, O- and S-Containing Synergists
  • 3.1.3.5 Synergistic Flame Retardant Systems
  • 3.1.3.6 Other Flame Retardants
  • 3.1.4 Greener Alternatives to Common Flame Retardants
  • 3.2 Flame-Retarded Plastics
  • Rudolf Pfaendner
  • 3.2.1 Introduction
  • 3.2.2 Thermoplastics
  • 3.2.2.1 Polypropylene
  • 3.2.2.2 Polyethylene
  • 3.2.2.3 Other Polyolefins
  • 3.2.2.4 Polystyrenes
  • 3.2.2.5 Styrene Copolymers
  • 3.2.2.6 Polymethacrylates and Polyacrylates
  • 3.2.2.7 Polyoxymethylene and Polyacetals
  • 3.2.2.8 Polyamides
  • 3.2.2.9 Polyesters
  • 3.2.2.10 Polycarbonate and Polycarbonate Blends
  • 3.2.2.11 Polyurethanes
  • 3.2.2.12 Polyvinylchloride
  • 3.2.2.13 Other Halogenated Polymers
  • 3.2.2.14 High-Performance Polymers
  • 3.2.3 Thermosets
  • 3.2.3.1 Epoxy Resins
  • 3.2.3.2 Polyurethanes
  • 3.2.3.3 Phenolic Formaldehyde Resins
  • 3.2.3.4 Unsaturated Polyesters
  • 3.2.4 Elastomers
  • 4 Textiles
  • A. Richard Horrocks and Baljinder K. Kandola
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.1.1 Burning Behavior of Textile Fibers and Fabrics
  • 4.1.2 Effect of Fabric and Yarn Structures
  • 4.2 Flammability Testing of Textiles
  • 4.2.1 Regulations
  • 4.2.2 Test Categorization
  • 4.3 Flame-Retardant Textiles
  • 4.3.1 Cellulosics
  • 4.3.1.1 Flame-Retardant Cottons
  • 4.3.1.2 Flame-Retardant Viscose
  • 4.3.1.3 Flame-Retardant Cellulosic Blends
  • 4.3.2 Flame-Retardant Wool and Blends
  • 4.3.3 Flame-Retardant Synthetic Fibers
  • 4.4 Inherently Flame-Retardant Synthetic Fibers
  • 4.5 High Heat- and Flame-Resistant Synthetic Fibers and Textiles
  • 4.6 Intumescent Applications to Textiles
  • 5 Smoke Development and Suppression