New Generation of Fire Resistant Polymers. Part 1. Computer-Aided Molecular Design.
New Generation of Fire Resistant Polymers. Part 1.
Computer-Aided Molecular Design.
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Nyden, M. R.; Brown, J. E.
U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural
Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 12th Joint
Panel Meeting. October 27-November 2, 1992, Tsukuba,
Japan, Building Research Inst., Ibaraki, Japan Fire
Research Inst., Tokyo, Japan, 257-266 pp, 1992.
Keywords:
fire safety; fire research; polymers; computers;
degradation; equations; crosslinking; thermal
degradation
Abstract:
Molecular dynamics modeling and experimental
measurements are used to identify factors which reduce
flammability by promoting the formation of heat
resistant chars during the thermal degradation of
polymers. Computer movies of the calculated
trajectories reveal that cross-linked model polymers
tend to undergo further cross-linking when burned. The
presence of strong potential energy interactions with a
surface or filler further facilitates the formation of
high molecular weight, thermally stable chars.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899