Fire and Polymers

Preface ; 1. Fire Retardancy in 2001 ; NANOCOMPOSITES ; 2. Flammability properties of polymer-clay nanocomposites: Polyamide-6 and Polypropylene Clay Nanocomposites ; 3. Recent studies on thermal stability and flame retardancy of polystyrene-nanocomposites ; FIRE SMART POLYMERS ; 4. Fire Smart Polymers ; 5. High performance polyimide Foams ; 6. Comprehensive study of thermal and fire behavior of para-Aramid and polybenzazole fibers ; POLYUREATHANES ; 7. Cone calorimetric analysis of modified polyurethane elastomers and foams with flame-retardant additives ; 8. Mechanism of expandable graphite fire retardant action in polyurethanes ; 9. Synthesis of phosphorus-containing two-component polyurethane coating and evaluation of their flame retardancy ; NON-HALOGEN FIRE RETARDANTS ; 10. Cross-linking of polystyrene by Friedel-Crafts chemistry: a review ; 11. Use of carbonizing polymers as additives for intumescent polymer blends ; 12. The effect of aluminosilicates on the intumescent ammonium polyphosphate/pentaerythritol flame retardant systems - an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic study ; 13. Role of interface modification in flame-retarded multiphase polyolefin systems ; 14. Thermal degradation and combustion mechanism of EVA-magnesium hydroxide-zinc borate ; 15. Optimization of processing parameters for fire-retardant polymer-based formulations ; 16. Fire retardancy and thermal stability of materials coated by organosilicon thin films using a cold remore plasma process ; 17. Phosphorus-containing fire retardants in aliphatic nylons ; 18. Zinc borates - 30 years of successful development as multifunctional fire retardants ; 19. Oxygenated hydrocarbon compounds as flame retardants for polyester fabric ; HALOGEN ; 20. Reductive dechlorination of a cycloaliphatic fire retardant by antimony trioxide and nylon 6,6: Implications for the Synergism of Antimony and Chlorine ; 21. New copper complexes as potential smoke suppressants for poly(vinyl chloride): Further studies on Reductive Coupling Agents ; 22. Processing and thermo-oxidative aging of high impact polystyrene containing fire retardant ; ASSESSMENT AND PERFORMANCE ; 23. Fire performance of organic polymers, thermal decomposition, and chemical composition ; 24. Studies of chemical behaviour in the different regions of polymer combustion and the influence of flame retardants thereon ; 25. Combustion toxicity and chemometrics ; 26. Thermal degradation of poly(vinyl acetate): A Solid-State 13C NMR Study ; 27. Thermal characterization of thermoset matrix resins ; 28. Flammability studies of fire retardant coatings on wood ; INDEXES ; Author Index ; Subject Index