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Intumescent foams - A novel flame retardant system for flexible polyurethane foams

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Author

  • Anna Andersson
  • Anders Magnusson
  • Suzanne Troedsson
  • Stefan Lundmark
  • Frans Maurer

Summary, in English

A combination of intumescent components was evaluated as a novel flame retardant system in a flexible polyurethane foam, and the incorporation of these components gave rise to a significant enhancement of the flame retardant properties of the foam. The heat release rate was lowered at an early stage as well as throughout the fire, the total heat production was decreased and the time to ignition was prolonged. Mechanical measurements of the foam revealed enhanced properties in terms of stiffness accompanied by a large decrease in elongation at break as compared with a reference foam. (c) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

2269-2274

Publication/Series

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volume

109

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Topic

  • Chemical Sciences

Keywords

  • polyurethanes
  • intumescence
  • flame retardance
  • foams

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1097-4628