Synthesis, Characterization, and Systematic Fire Safety Evaluation of High Volume and Specialty Hydrolytically Stable Phosphine Oxide Containing Polymeric Materials.
Synthesis, Characterization, and Systematic Fire Safety
Evaluation of High Volume and Specialty Hydrolytically
Stable Phosphine Oxide Containing Polymeric Materials.
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McGrath, J. E.; Yoon, T. H.; Knauss, D.; Yuan, I. W.
NISTIR 5499; September 1994.
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual
Conference on Fire Research: Book of Abstracts.
October 17-20, 1994, Gaithersburg, MD, 115-116 pp, 1994.
Sponsor:
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB95-104964
Keywords:
fire research; phosphorus; fire safety; safety
evaluation; phosphine oxides; fire behavior
Abstract:
The research is attempting to determine whether or not
chemically incorporated hydrolytically stable phosphorus
systems can produce major improvements in fundamental
fire resistant behavior. This chemically incorporated
approach contrasts with the normal industrial method of
physically adding fire retardants to the material
systems. The disadvantage of the current approach
includes the ideas that mechanical properties are
impaired by the physical additives. Secondly, the
additives may be extractable under conditions of use,
possibly even producing unattractive, toxic byproducts.
In contract, the chemically incorporated systems will
not be extracted by detergents or subjected to
environmental degradation by normal humidity in the air.
Preliminary small scale burning tests and dynamic
thermogravimetric analysis methods have been very
encouraging. The NIST project is the first effort
achieving a more fundamental understanding through the
use of cone calorimetry methodologies, which permit
determination of heat release rate, heats of combustion,
smoke generation, and carbon monoxide generation.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899