- Author
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McGrath, J. E.
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Yoon, T. H.
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Knauss, D.
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Yuan, I. W.
- Title
- Synthesis, Characterization, and Systematic Fire Safety Evaluation of High Volume and Specialty Hydrolytically Stable Phosphine Oxide Containing Polymeric Materials.
- Coporate
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., Blacksburg
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NISTIR 5499,
September 1994,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-70NANB3H1434
- Book or Conf
- National Institute of Standards and Technology. Annual Conference on Fire Research: BOOK OF ABSTRACTS. October 17-20, 1994,
Gaithersburg, MD,
115-116 p.,
1994
- Keywords
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fire research
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phosphorus
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fire safety
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safety evaluation
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phosphine oxides
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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.