FIRE RETARDANCE OF POLYMERS (Special Publications) - Hardcover

BRAS, M.; CAMINO, G.; BOURBIGOT, S.; DELOBEL, R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0854047387 ISBN 13: 9780854047383

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry, 1998

Synopsis

Globally, fire retardants are needed to satisfy a multibillion dollar market and fire retardancy of polymeric materials is an important component of fire safety. This book covers the latest developments in new fire retardant systems including nanoparticulate fillers, sometimes combined with conventional fire retardants; intumescent formulations and their recent applications in bulk polymers, fibres and textiles; test-methods for material flammability; material-specific aspects of combustion, smoke and toxicity. This book will update fire retardant materials' developers with the latest in research and design. It will also provide information for groups from environmentalists looking for alternatives to brominated flame retardants to engineers needing to use fire safe materials in their projects.

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About the Author

Ulrik Boas received his M. Sc. Degree in organic chemistry from the University of Copenhagen in 1996. After a period as a research scientist in the biotech industry he returned to academics and received a Ph. D. degree in organic and macromolecular chemistry in 2002. He is currently working as a research scientist at the Danish Institute of Food and Veterinary Research. His fields of interest are method development in organic synthesis and the use of dendrimers in immunology and protein chemistry.

Jørn B. Christensen received his M. Sc. Degree in organic chemistry from the University of Copenhagen in 1987 and received his Ph.D degree in organic and materials chemistry in 1994. He is currently holding a position as associate professor at the University of Copenhagen. His fields of interest are development of methodologies in organic synthesis, materials science and uses of dendrimers in chemistry. He has published around 60 papers.

Peter Heegaard received his M.Sc. degree (biochemistry) from the University of Copenhagen in 1985 and a Ph.D. in protein chemistry from the same university in 1992. He has since worked as an immunologist/protein chemist in infection biology projects at the University of Copenhagen and, presently, at the Danish Institute of Food and Veterinary Research. His is currently occupied with prion diagnostics, acute phase responses in various infection models and peptide and dendrimer immunochemistry. He has published around 70 papers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0854047387
• ISBN 13: 9780854047383
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 417