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Selection Chart of Flame Retardants for Natural Fiber Polymer Composites

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Advances in Natural Fibre Composites

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Increasing the share of natural fiber thermoplastic composites NFTC in the market of engineering market demand to guarantee flame retardant properties. On the other side, addition of flame retardants FRs affects the mechanical properties negatively specially the whole tensile strength. Polypropylene PP reinforced with 30% natural fibers (flax, jute, hemp and sisal) are prepared using kneading and different FRs are mixed together. The effect of the different FRs on the flame retardance level, namely UL94, as well as the mechanical properties are studied. Hence, a selection chart for FRs is established. The studied FRs materials in this work are mineral, halogenated, halogen-free intumescent. Also, the effect of synergism with nanoclays and antimony tri oxide is considered. As a result of this experimental work regarding both the mechanical properties and the flame retardance levels, a material selection chart is built considering the tensile strength and flame retardance test UL94. This chart is enriched by other literature results. Also, the concept of this chart can be extended to deal with another mechanical property or another flame retardance test.

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Abbreviations

NFTC:

Natural fiber thermoplastic composites

FRs:

Flame retardants

PP:

Polypropylene

UL94:

Flame retardance level

MAPP:

Maleated anhydride grafted polypropylene

DECA:

Decabromodiphenyl oxide

UTS:

Ultimate tensile strength

ATH:

Aluminum trihydrate

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

    A. Elsabbagh & T. Attia

  2. Institute of Polymer Materials and Plastics Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

    A. Ramzy & G. Ziegmann

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  1. Centre for Textile Science and Technolog, University of Minho , Guimaraes, Portugal

    Raul Fangueiro

  2. Center for Textile Science and Technology, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Sohel Rana

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Elsabbagh, A., Ramzy, A., Attia, T., Ziegmann, G. (2018). Selection Chart of Flame Retardants for Natural Fiber Polymer Composites. In: Fangueiro, R., Rana, S. (eds) Advances in Natural Fibre Composites. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64641-1_12

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