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COMBUSTION THEORY AND MODELLING
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 59-83Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1364-7830/5/1/304
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Oxygen index methods are widely used to measure the flammability of polymers and to investigate the effectiveness of fire retardants. Using a dynamical systems model an oxygen index is identified with an extinction limit point. The action of the fire retardant is investigated by unfolding this bifurcation point with a suitable continuation parameter which reflects the mode of action of the additive. The fire retardant mechanisms that we consider are non-competitive char formation and dilution by addition of an inert filler. We investigate which types of material are best retarded by each mechanism.
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