- Author
- Lecomte, H. A. | Liggat, J. J.
- Title
- Commercial Fire-Retarded PETFormulations: Relationship Between Thermal Degradation Behavior and Fire-Retardant Action.
- Coporate
- Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow G1 1XL, UK
- Journal
- Polymer Degradation and Stability, Vol. 93, No. 2, 498-506, February 2008
- Keywords
- fire retardants | polyethylene terephthalate | formulation | thermal degradation | pyrolysis | thermogravimetry | differential scanning calorimetry | temperature | FT-IR | char yield | experiments
- Identifiers
- Ukanol® and Phosgard® structures; summary of key DSC degradation temperatures for the three polymer systems; IR peaks and assignment for PET cold-ring fraction in dynamic TVA; pyrolysis char yields in dynamic N2 and air for the three polymer systems; elemental analysis for chars of PET and fire-retarded PET from pyrolysis experiments; elemental analysis of high boiling volatile products from PET, PET-P and PET-U pyrolyses in air