Fire retardancy of polymers : new strategies and mechanisms

Polymers and fire / T.R. Hull and A.A. Stec -- Synergy between nanometric alumina and organoclay in conventional fire retardant systems for ethylene-vinyl acetate / N. Cinausero ... [et al.] -- Strained organophosphorus compounds as reactive flame retardants for polymeric materials / Bob A. Howell -- Amorphous silicon dioxide as additive to improve the fire retardancy of polyamides / G. Schmaucks ... [et al.] -- Use of organosilicone composites as flame retardant additives and coatings for polypropylene / B.B. Maorsfői ... [et al.] -- Organomodified ultrafine kaolin for mechanical reinforcement and improved flame retardancy of recycled polyethylene terephthalate / B. Swoboda ... [et al.] -- Complex micro-analysis assisted design of fire-retardant nanocomposites : contribution to the nanomechanism / A. Szabó ... [et al.] -- Impact of nanoparticle shape on the flammability of nanocomposites / F. Yang, I. Bogdanova, and G.L. Nelson -- Thermal and combustion behaviour of polymer-carbon nanofibre composites / D. Tabuani ... [et al.] -- Combination of carbon nanotubes with fire retardants : thermal and fire properties of polystyrene nanocomposites / Florentina Tutunea and Charles A. Wilkie -- Significant assessment of nanocomposites' combustion behaviour by the appropriate use of the cone calorimeter / A. Fina ... [et al.] -- Phosphorus-based epoxy resin-nanoclay composites / Jianwei Hao, Yanbing Xiong and Na Wu -- Study of the relationship between flammability and melt rheological properties of flame-retarded poly(butylene terephthalate) containing nanoclays / S. Nazare ... [et al.] -- Thermal and fire performance of flame-retarded epoxy resin : investigating interaction between resorcinol bis(diphenyl phosphate) and epoxy nanocomposites / Charalampos Katsoulis, Everson Kandare and Baljinder K. Kandola -- Porosity estimates of intumescent chars by image analysis / J.E.J. Staggs -- Efficient modelling of temperatures in steel plates protected by intumescent coating in fire / J.F. Yuan and Y.C. Wang -- Fire retardancy and fire protection of materials using intumescent coatings : a versatile solution? / S. Duquesne, M. Jimenez, and S. Bourbigot -- Trends in textile flame retardants : a market review / R. Hicklin, R. Padda and G. Lenotte -- New and potential textile flammability regulations and test methods within the USA / P.J. Wakelyn -- Flame retardancy of cellulosic fabrics : interactions between nitrogen additives and phosphorus-containing flame retardants / Sabyasachi Gaan ... [et al.] -- Synergistic flame retardant copolymeric polyacrylonitrile fibres containing dispersed phyllosilicate clays and ammonium polyphosphate / A.R. Horrocks ... [et al.] -- Flame retardance of polyacrylonitriles covalently modified with phosphorus- and nitrogen-containing groups / John R. Ebdon ... [et al.] -- Novel fire retardant backcoatings for textiles / M.A. Hassan -- Effect of yarn, fabric construction and colour in respect of red reflectance and pigmentation on the thermal properties and limiting oxygen index of flame retardant polypropylene fabrics / C. Kindness, B.K. Kandola and A.R. Horrocks -- Influence of fire retardants on toxic and environmental hazards from fires / David Purser -- Assessment of fire toxicity from polymer nanocomposites / Anna A. Stec and T. Richard Hull.