High-Throughput Techniques for the Evaluation of Fire Retardancy

Authors

Charles A. Wilkie, Marquette UniversityFollow
Grace Chigwada, Marquette University
Jeffery W. Gilman Sr., Marquette UniversityFollow
Richard E. Lyon, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

Source Publication

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Source ISSN

0959-9428

Abstract

As new flame retardant (FR) approaches are developed they must be evaluated with conventional FR additives, processing additives, stabilizers, and fillers. In most cases this is done in a number of polymers, and a variety of processing conditions also must be optimized. Thus the development of new FR methods is a multi-parameter problem. A full-factorial approach to developing the structure–property relationships of interest requires numerous experiments and is prohibitively labor intensive; additional methods in which the composition space can be rapidly sampled and evaluated are necessary. Several new high throughput approaches are described herein which have been correlated with conventional flammability tests.

Comments

Journal of Materials Chemistry, Vol. 16, No. 21 (2006): 2023-2030. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Wilkie, Charles A.; Chigwada, Grace; Gilman, Jeffery W. Sr.; and Lyon, Richard E., "High-Throughput Techniques for the Evaluation of Fire Retardancy" (2006). Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications. 124.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/chem_fac/124