Fire retardancy is of crucial importance for most the polymer applications and fire proofing materials are often based on blends with high retardants contents (up to 60wt%) which induce cost increase lower mechanical performances. The use ammonium polyphosphate (APP) as retardant allows maintaining good properties but it can be removed from matrix under hygrothermal conditions. In this context,...

This paper deals with the effect of melamine cyanurate on thermal and fire retardant behaviour chopped glass fibre (40 wt.%) reinforced polyphenylene ether/polystyrene/nylon-6 (40/40/20 wt. %) which are processed in a twin screw co-rotating extruder. The composite specimens were fabricated by injection moulding. Addition decreased amount toxic gases organic volatile compounds, crystallinity, cr...

The implementation of organic phase change materials (PCMs) in several applications such as heating and cooling or building comfort is an important target in thermal energy storage (TES). However, one of the major drawbacks of organic PCMs implementation is flammability. The addition of flame retardants to PCMs or shape-stabilized PCMs is one of the approaches to address this problem and improv...

Developing eco-friendly durable flame-retardant cotton fabric not only expands its application area, but also caters to the healthy and environmentally friendly concept of consumers. Herein, a reactive P/S/N-containing synergistic flame retardant (PSN) was synthesized prepare through chemical modifying method. Flame-retardant finishing deteriorated softness, whiteness, tensile strength air perm...

In this work, new types of organic-inorganic composite aerogels were fabricated via the freeze-drying method based on chemical interaction between bio-based chitosan and aluminum chloride, in combination with physical cross-linking among chitosan, inexpensive polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) alumina sols derived from acidic hydrolysis isopropoxide (AIP). The microstructural evolution freeze-dried chitos...

Most polymers exhibit high flammability and poor degradability, which restrict their applications and causes serious environmental problem like "white pollution." Thus, titanate nanotubes (TNTs) were adopted to decorate graphene oxide (GO) by a facile solution method to afford TNTs/GO nanocomposites with potential in improving the flame retardancy and photodegradability of flexible polyvinyl ch...

With increasing the practical applications of polymeric materials, surging demands for high-performance flame-retardant polymer composites are obvious. Accurately predicting performance materials is critical expediting technology development. Here, we develop machine learning models based on Random Forest algorithm to create standard paradigms a self-generated comprehensive dataset consisting 2...

The recent implementation of new environmental legislations led to a change in the manufacturing of composites that has repercussions on printed wiring boards (PWB). This in turn led to alternate processing methods (e.g., lead-free soldering), which affected the required physical and chemical properties of the additives used to impart flame retardancy. This review will discuss the latest advanc...

To reduce the flammability of cotton fabrics, an environmentally benign, simple and effective method was proposed. Coatings composed phosphoguanidine/ATMP/alginate were deposited on surface fabrics through layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly. FTIR spectra indicate that deposition process is successfully carried out fabrics. TGA suggested LbL coating can significantly increase char residue. The result...