Journal
BIORESOURCES
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 5296-5307Publisher
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV DEPT WOOD & PAPER SCI
DOI: 10.15376/biores.12.3.5296-5307
Keywords
Bamboo filament; Boric acid; Borax; Heat release; Smoke release; TG analysis
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [31370563, 31400499]
- National College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program [201610057018]
- Student Laboratory Innovation Fund Project for Tianjin University of Science and Technology [1606A213]
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Bamboo filament, a material often used for indoor decoration, should be treated with flame retardants for safe use. This study evaluated the effects of different boron fire retardants on the heat release and smoke release of bamboo filaments and untreated samples via a cone analysis. A thermogravimetric analyzer (TA) instrument was used to investigate the fire retardant mechanisms of the different boron compounds. The results showed that compared to the untreated samples, fire retardants that contained boric acid or borax effectively reduced the heat and smoke release from the bamboo filament. The effects of the different ingredients in the fire retardant on the combustion process were quite different. During the combustion process, borax displayed better performance for restraining the heat release rate than boric acid, while for the total amount of heat release and the smoke suspension performance, the result was the converse. The excellent synergistic effect could be obtained by a mixture that contained a reasonable proportion of boric acid and borax (Boric Acid: Borax = 1: 1). In the pyrolysis process, boric acid had stronger catalytic dehydration, while the mass loss in the treated samples with boric acid or higher proportions of boric acid was less than the loss in the borax-treated samples.
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