Frca

New Advances in Flame Retardant Technology

Fire Retardant Chemicals Association

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2021
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000448481
• Subtopic: Materials Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This book compares technical information of various fire retardant coatings for electric cables. It also summarizes various testing methods, with a special emphasis on the Factory Mutual testing standard.

AN INTERMEDIATE SCALE CALORIMETRY TEST

ICAL (ASTM E 1623)

PRECISION

(REPEATABILITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY)

AND APPLICATIONS

Marcelo M. Hirschler GBH International 2 Friar’s Lane - Mill Valley - CA - 94941 - USA

There is a need to have a fire test instrument that can be used for composites and non-homogeneous products, as well as for specimens with discontinuities and surface irregularities, but that is small enough that it does not require a complete full-scale product. The ICAL {intermediate scale calorimeter, ASTM E1623} is a gas-fired radiant panel (consisting of a series of small panels) which exposes, vertically, a 1 x 1 m sample, up to 150 mm thick, to a heat flux of up to 50 kW/m². Two wire igniters are located near the top and bottom of the radiant panel. The entire specimen holder assembly is on wheels, so it can be brought closer or further away from the radiant panel. The radiant panel and specimen holder are mounted on a load cell, under a hood, so that all major fire properties can be assessed, including heat, smoke and combustion product release, mass loss, ignitability and flame spread. The ICAL has the following six applications:

(a) source of engineering data for performance-based codes;

(b) basis for a classification system ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Information Accuracv Caveat
• Table of Contents
• “Fire Retardant Coatings for Group Electric Cables and the Testing Methods”
• “New Advances in Intumescence”
• “Polymer Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites: Polyamide-6, Polypropylene and Polystyrene”
• “New Organic Halogen Free, Toxic Heavy Metal Free, Elemental Phosphorus Free Polyamide Flame Retarded Glass Re-enforced Product”
• “Flame Retardants for Enhanced Properties in Polyolefins”
• “Development of Embossing Films for Aircraft Decorative Laminates— A Case Study”
• “Reductive Crosslinking by Zerovalent Metals Formed in situ: A New Approach to the Smoke Suppression and Fire Retardance of Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC)”
• “Airplane Fire Safety”
• “Flame Retardant Polyurethanes: A Continuing Story”
• “Mechanisms and Performance of Molybdenum, Tin, Zinc, and Boron Additives and Comparative Flammability and Smoke Results in Halogenated Polymers Including Wire and Cable and Construction Products”
• “Evaluation of Three Bromine/Antimony Flame Retardant Systems in PTT (Polytrimethylene Terephthalate) Polymers”
• “An Intermediate Scale Calorimetry Test: ICAL (ASTM E 1623) Precision (Repeatability and Reproducibility) and Applications”
• “Advances in Use of Chlorinated Flame Retardants in Plastics”
• ”Non-Halogenated Flame Retardants for Electrical and Electronic Applications” (paper not available at time of printing)