- Author
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Gilman, J. W.
- Title
- Past and Future of Public Flame Retardancy Research.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- International Fire Safety Conference. Spring Conference. Proceedings. Fire Retardant Chemicals Association (FRCA). March 11-14, 2001,
Fire Retardant Chemicals Assoc., Lancaster, PA,
San Francisco, CA,
93-106 p.,
2001
- Keywords
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flame retardants
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fire safety
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polymers
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material properties
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silica gel
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particle size
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silica
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flammability
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heat release rate
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clay
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nanocomposites
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cone calorimeters
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gasification
- Identifiers
- silica gel material properties; silica gel particle size within pore volume; material properties of various silica; flammability of polymer-clay nanocomposites consortium; carbonaceous char yields for PS/MMT nanocomposites
- Abstract
- Public flame retardancy research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has had a long cooperative relationship with the Flame Retardant Chemicals Association (FRCA). Issues of fundamental and practical importance have been investigated, with a positive impact on public fire safety. This paper reviews some of these programs and interactions, with a focus on recent and planned consortia activities associated with mechanistic studies of new approaches to flame retarding commodity polymers.