Frca New Advances in Flame Retardant Technology [Hardcover]

This book compares technical information of various fire retardant coatings for electric cables. It also summarizes various testing methods, with a special emphasis on the Factory Mutual testing standard. 1. Fire Retardant Coatings for Group Electric Cables and the Testing Methods 2. New Advances in Intumescence 3. Polymer Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites: Polyamide-6, Polypropylene and Polystyrene 4. New Organic Halogen Free, Toxic Heavy Metal Free, Elemental Phosphorus Free Polyamide Flame Retarded Glass Re-enforced Product 5. Flame Retardants for Enhanced Properties in Polyolefins 6. Development of Embossing Films for Aircraft Decorative LaminatesA Case Study 7. Reductive Crosslinking by Zerovalent Metals Formed in situ: A New Approach to the Smoke Suppression and Fire Retardance of Poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) 8. Airplane Fire Safety 9. Flame Retardant Polyurethanes: A Continuing Story 10. Mechanisms and Performance of Molybdenum, Tin, Zinc, and Boron Additives and Comparative Flammability and Smoke Results in Halogenated Polymers Including Wire and Cable and Construction Products 11. Evaluation of Three Bromine/Antimony Flame Retardant Systems in PTT (Polytrimethylene Terephthalate) Polymers 12. An Intermediate Scale Calorimetry Test: ICAL (ASTM E 1623) Precision (Repeatability and Reproducibility) and Applications 13. Advances in Use of Chlorinated Flame Retardants in Plastics 14. * Non-Halogenated Flame Retardants for Electrical and Electronic Applications (paper not available at time of printing)