1. Fireproofing polymer materials
1.1 Polymer combustion
An organic polymer is a material with a high concentration of carbon and hydrogen, elements well known for their reductive behavior. Each polymer therefore represents a potential fuel under certain conditions, namely high temperature and the presence of an oxidizing element.
The combustion of polymeric materials can be broken down into two stages (figure 1 ): the first stage consists of the thermal degradation of the polymer. This is defined as a complex physico-chemical process of oxidation in response to heating by an external heat flux
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Fireproofing polymer materials
Commercial phosphorus flame retardants for polymeric materials
Bibliography
Websites
European Flame Retardant Association http://www.cefic-efra.com/
Groupement technique français contre l'incendie http://www.gtfi.org/
Events
Annual conference (May): Conference on Recent Advances in Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materialsin Stamford, Connecticut, USA. http://www.bccresearch.com/conference
FRPM biannual conference – European Meeting on Fire Retardancy and Protection of Materials (every odd-numbered year).
Standards and norms
The French decree of November 21, 2002 (as amended) on the reaction to fire of construction and fitting-out products, now introduces "euroclasses" of reaction to fire. Euroclasses, defined in European standard EN 13501-1, are a system of classification into five categories of requirement: A1, A2, B, C, D, E, F.
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