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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 124, Issue 4, Pages 3372-3382Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.35352
Keywords
polyurethanes; flame retardance; calorimetry; fillers; intumescence
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- Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [108T246]
- State Planning Organization of Turkey (DPT) [2003K120950]
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Cone calorimeter is one of the most useful bench-scale equipment which can simulate real-world fire conditions. Therefore, cone calorimeter tests have been the most important and widely used tests for research and development of fire behavior of polymeric materials. In this study, fire behavior of rigid polyurethane foams containing fly ash (up to 5 wt %) and intumescent flame retardant (up to 5 wt %) composed of ammonium polyphosphate/pentaerythritol was investigated by using a cone calorimeter. In addition, thermogravimetric analysis of the additives and the foams were also carried out to explain the effects of fly ash and intumescent flame retardant on fire behavior of the foams. Experimental results indicated that rigid polyurethane foam containing fly ash and the intumescent flame retardant in comparison with pure rigid polyurethane foam shows significantly enhanced fire resistance and thermal stability. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012
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