- Author
- 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
- flame retardants | fire safety | polymers | material properties | silica gel | particle size | silica | flammability | heat release rate | clay | nanocomposites | cone calorimeters | 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.