Performance of different intumescent ammonium polyphosphate flame retardants in PP/kenaf fibre composites

Effects of wool fibres, ammonium polyphosphate and polymer viscosity on the flammability and mechanical performance of PP/wool composites

“…Previous studies have found that although the addition of a fire retardant effectively reduces the flammability, it can be detrimental to mechanical properties of the composites [30,40]. Therefore, in this study, tensile tests were conducted to investigate the effect of APP on tensile moduli and strengths of the PPwool composites.…”

Fiber dispersion during compounding/injection molding of PP/kenaf composites: Flammability and mechanical properties

“…[21]. The flammability behavior of these kenaf based natural fiber composites has also been reported in detail by Subasinghe and Bhattacharyya [35].…”

Influences of clay and manufacturing on fire resistance of organoclay/thermoset nanocomposites

“…Fire performance is another important factor to consider when determining the use of materials in building construction, especially FRPs, which are susceptible to fire hazard due to their softening [4][5][6] and flammable polymer resin [7][8][9][10][11]. Significant effort has been devoted to investigate the fire resistance of various composite systems in order to strengthen and retrofit members of a structure [12][13][14][15][16][17]. There are, however, limited researches on fire protection of FRPs as independent elements in buildings, such as façade panels.…”