“…In contrast, a pH 12 magnetic gel possessed a weight retention of ∼66.5% even at 800 °C. Only three small derivative TG (DTG) peaks at around 104, 305 and 532 °C correlated to evaporation of water, pyrolysis of alkylamine and deoxygenation of Fe 3 O 4 , 26,43,44 respectively, can be discovered. Considering the relatively low boiling temperature of the water solvent (∼100 °C) and the relatively high temperature of the outer flame used in this study (400–500 °C), the anti-combustion performance should mainly be derived from the composite Fe 3 O 4 nano-gelators.…”