Title: Flame Retardants for Plastics and Textiles : Practical Applications, 2nd Edition Author: Edward D. Weil, Sergei V. Levchik ISBN: 1569905789 / 9781569905784 Format: Hard Cover Pages: 378 Publisher: Hanser Gardner Year: 2016 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
This updated edition of Flame Retardants for Plastics and Textiles provides an overview of flame retardants that are in commercial use, were recently used, or are in development. The book is organized polymer-by-polymer and provides a guide to advantages, limitations, and patented and patent-free formulations, with insight into favorable and unfavorable combinations.
The targeted readership is the plastics or textile finish compounder and the plastic additives R&D worker, as well as market development and sales. This edition contains, besides a compendium of current flame retardants, updated information relevant to performance testing, mode of action, and safety and regulatory aspects. Industrial or academic researchers will find useful a discussion of unsolved problems with possible new approaches. Both authors have extended, productive experience in both basic and applied flame retardancy.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Flame Retardants in Commercial Use or Development for Polyolefins, Olefin Copolymers, and Diene Elastomers Chapter 2 : Polystyrenes and Thermoplastic Styrene Copolymers Chapter 3 : Vinyl Chloride Polymers and Copolymers Chapter 4 : Polyamides Chapter 5 : Thermoplastic Polyesters Chapter 6 : Polycarbonates and Polycarbonate Blends Chapter 7 : Unsaturated Polyesters, Vinyl Resins, and Phenolics Chapter 8 : Polyurethanes, Polyisocyanurates, and Polyureas Chapter 9 : Epoxy Resins; and Textiles Chapter 10 : Significance of Flame Retardants Chapter 11 : Flammability and Smoke Tests Useful in R&D Chapter 12 : Modes of Action and Interaction of Flame Retardants Chapter 13 : Further Sources for Flame Retardancy Information