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Non-halogenated Flame-Retardant Technology for Epoxy Thermosets and Composites

  • 1st Edition - July 19, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Yuan Hu, Xin Wang
  • Language: English

Non-halogenated Flame-Retardant Technology for Epoxy Resins, Thermosets and Composites provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the latest advances and technolog… Read more

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Description

Non-halogenated Flame-Retardant Technology for Epoxy Resins, Thermosets and Composites provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the latest advances and technological developments in the field. Chapters cover important flame-retardant systems based on phosphorus, nitrogen, silicon, and boron as well as novel flame retardant epoxy nanocomposites such as graphene, graphitic carbon nitride, MoS2, phosphorene, CNTs, LDHs, and POSS. The use of flame retardant epoxy thermosets and composites in varying applications are also covered, for example, in coatings and paints, in electric and electronic applications, and in aviation and automotive sectors.

This comprehensive book will be an essential reference resource for academic and industrial researchers as well as materials scientists and polymer engineers. It will also be ideal for anyone working in the development of flame retardant epoxy-based materials.

Key features

  • Covers basic properties, flame retardant mechanisms, emerging nanomaterials, and industrial applications
  • Provides the latest information on biobased flame retardants
  • Discusses hybridization technologies between different morphologies

Readership

Academic researchers and industrial R&D working in the field of polymer materials science and engineering, flame retardancy of materials, polymer chemistry and those working with flame retardant epoxy-based composite materials and fire safety and engineering Postgraduate and masters’ students in the above fields

Table of contents

Section I: Fundamentals

1. Introduction to Flame Retardant Epoxy Thermosets and Composites

2. The Influence of Flame Retardants on the Thermal Degradation and Combustion Behaviors of Epoxy Thermosets

Section II: Materials Design, Modification, and Functionalization

3. Phosphorus-Containing Flame Retardants for Epoxy Thermosets and Composites

4. Nitrogen-Based Flame Retardants for Epoxy Thermosets and Composites

5. Silicon-Containing Flame Retardants for Epoxy Thermosets and Composites

6. Boron-Containing Flame Retardants for Epoxy Thermosets and Composites

7. Intrinsically Flame-Retardant Bio-Based Epoxy Thermosets and Composites

8. Recyclable Flame-Retardant Epoxy Thermosets and Composites: Chemical Concepts and Future Perspectives

Section III: Flame-Retardant Nanotechnology

9. Zero-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Flame Retardant Epoxy Thermosets and Composites

10. One-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Flame Retardant Epoxy Thermosets and Composites

11. Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Flame Retardant Epoxy Thermosets and Composites

Section IV: Applications

12. Flame Retardant Technologies of Epoxy Thermosets for Coating and Paint Applications

13. Flame Retardant Epoxy Thermosets for Electric and Electronic Applications

14. Flame Retardant Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Composites for Aviation and Automotive Applications

15. Challenges and Future Prospects for Flame Retardant Epoxy Thermosets and Composites

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 19, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

YH

Yuan Hu

Professor Yuan Hu is Director of the Institute of Fire Safety Materials at USTC. He obtained his PhD from USTC in 1997. He been active in fire safety materials research for more than 30 years. His main research interests include polymer/inorganic compound nanocomposites, new flame retardants and their flame retardant polymers, synthesis and properties of inorganic nanomaterials, combustion, and the decomposition mechanisms of polymers. Prof. Hu has published more than 600 SCI papers and he has more than 40 patents to his credit. In 2017, he was awarded the 2nd Prize of the National Natural Science Award by the Chinese Government.
Affiliations and expertise
State Key lab of Fire Science (SKLFS), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, China

XW

Xin Wang

Dr. Xin Wang is currently working as an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He completed his PhD in Safety Science and Engineering from USTC in 2013. His research interests focus on synthesis and application of bio-based flame retardants, preparation of layered nanomaterials and their use in flame retardant polymer nanocomposites. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 SCI-indexed papers in peer-reviewed international journals, 5 book chapters and 1 monograph. He was also awarded the 2nd Prize of the National Natural Science Award, by the Chinese Government in 2017.
Affiliations and expertise
State Key lab of Fire Science (SKLFS), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, China

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