- Author
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Beninate, J. V.
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Trask, B. J.
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Drake, G. L., Jr.
- Title
- Polyacrylates in Flame Retardant Treatments of Textile Fabric
- Coporate
- Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA
- Journal
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Journal of Fire Sciences,
Vol. 2,
No. 3,
236-247,
May/June, 1984
- Keywords
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flame retardants
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fabrics
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cotton
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polyacrylates
- Abstract
- Durable phosphorus-based flame retardants containing polyacrylate emulsions were applied to cotton, cotton-polyester, and cotton-wool twill fabrics to study the effect of the added polyacrylates on the physical properties and flame retardancy. The THPS-urea-TMM flame retardant with added polyacrylate imparted better overall physical properties to 100% cotton fabric than to cotton blend fabrics. Treatments containing polyacrylates with low glass transition temperatures produced fabrics with the highest abrasion resistance, tearing strength and wrinkle recovery. The flame retardancy of treated fabrics was not adversely affected by the addition of polyacrylates to the flame retardant treatments.