- Author
- Kandare, E. | Kandola, B. | Staggs, J. | Myler, P. | Horrocks, R.
- Title
- Mathematical Prediction of Thermal Degradation Behavior of Flame Retarded Epoxy Resin Formulations.
- Coporate
- Bolton Univ., UK Leeds Univ., UK
- Report
- Volume 1
- Book or Conf
- Interflam 2007. (Interflam '07). International Interflam Conference, 11th Proceedings. Volume 1. September 3-5, 2007, London, England, 565-576 p., 2007
- Keywords
- epoxy resins | formulaitons | thermal degradation | flame retardants | mathematical models | algorithms | kinetics | combustion | mass loss | experiments | reaction kinetics | degradation | dehydration | char formation | char oxidation | thermogravimetric analysis
- Identifiers
- Powell minimisation algorithm; flame retardant viscose fibres, Visil and an intumescent, (Antiblaze, NH); epoxy, Visil and intumescent formulations analysed; proposed simplified decomposition scheme for the epoxy resin; Visil fibre decomposition; proposed simplified decomposition scheme for Visil fibre; intumescent decomposition; interaction between Visil and the intumescent