- Author
- Drews, M. J. | Jarvis, C. W. | Lickfield, G. C.
- Title
- Ternary Reactions Among Polymer Substrate-Organohalogen-Antimony Oxides Under Pyrolytic Oxidative and Flaming Condition. Final Technical Report.
- Coporate
- Clemson Univ., SC
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NIST GCR 89-558, January 1989, 62 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-60NANB4D0033
- Keywords
- additives | antimony oxides | combustion | flame retardants | polymers | pyrolysis
- Abstract
- The objectives of this flame retardant chemistry study into the ternary reactions which occur among polymer substrates, organohalogen compounds and antimony oxides in the condensed phase under pyrolytic and combustion conditions were: 1) To elucidate in detail the principal solid state reactions which result in the formation of volatile antimony containing species and the role of the polymer substrate in these reactions. 2) To establish a mechanistic bases for the role of the metal species in the degradation reactions which have been observed in the solid state. 3) To relate the results from small scale degradation studies to the combustion behavior measured in the cone calorimeter and to attempt to establish useful parameters between the observed solid state chemistry and the combustion behavior.