1. Calcium carbonate and ammonium polyphosphate flame retardant additives formulated to protect ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer against fire: Hydrated or carbonated calcium?
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Laoutid, Fouad, Movahedifar, Elnaz, Laheurte, Pascal, Cochez, Marianne, Brison, Loïc, Sari, Morteza Ganjaee, Saeb, Mohammad Reza, Shabanian, Meisam, Khaleghi, Mahroo, Vahabi, Henri, Vagner, Christelle, Zarrintaj, Payam, Khalili, Reza, Paran, Seyed Mohammad Reza, Ramezanzadeh, Bahram, Mozafari, Masoud, University of Mons [Belgium] (UMONS), Laboratoire Matériaux Optiques, Photonique et Systèmes (LMOPS), CentraleSupélec-Université de Lorraine (UL), Department of Polymer Engineering [Amirkabir University of Technology], Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT), Laboratoire d'Etude des Microstructures et de Mécanique des Matériaux (LEM3), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM), Materia Nova asbl, Laboratory of Polymeric & Composite Materials, University of Mons, Université de Mons (UMons), Institute for Color Science and Technology, Institute of Standards and Industrial Researches of Iran, Laboratoire de Chimie et Applications (LCA), Université Paul Verlaine - Metz (UPVM), and Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran
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010407 polymers ,Thermogravimetric analysis ,Polymers and Plastics ,General Chemical Engineering ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Calcium ,01 natural sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Flame retardancy ,Materials Chemistry ,[CHIM]Chemical Sciences ,Ammonium polyphosphate ,Calcium oxide ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Marketing ,Mass loss calorimetry ,Ethylene-vinyl acetate ,[CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry ,General Chemistry ,0104 chemical sciences ,[CHIM.POLY]Chemical Sciences/Polymers ,Calcium carbonate ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Intumescent ,Fire retardant - Abstract
International audience; In this study, the effect of the chemical nature of different calcium (Ca)‐based minerals as flame retardant additives in combination with ammonium polyphosphate (APP), in 1:1 proportions, on the flame retardancy behavior and performance of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer was discussed. Combining APP with partly and completely hydrated calcium oxide led to superior flame‐retardant function detected in mass loss calorimeter measurements with respect to the corresponding system containing carbonated calcium. This privileged character was attributed to the higher reactivity of hydrated Ca‐based fillers toward APP in comparison with Ca carbonate, which induced the formation of an intumescent residue. The difference between reactivity potential of hydrated and dry Ca was demonstrated by the newly formed thermally stable species, and further evidenced by thermogravimetric analysis performed on APP/fillers blends. Moreover, the presence of more crystalline domains in the Ca/phosphorus‐based compounds was evidenced by XRD analysis of the mass loss calorimeter test residues. The results of this work highlight the role of blend additive systems on the performance of flame retardancy of polymer materials.
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- 2020
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