On the Mechanism of Flame Retardancy and Characterization of Halogen-Free, Flame-Retardant Materials for Wires and Cables,

Abstract

During exploratory on mechanistic pathway of halogen-free, flame-retardant materials, containing metal hydroxide with other ingredients, there were revealed that the char formation at high temperatures should play an important role to enhance flame retardancy of resultant compositions, and some metallic compounds which were capable of increase catalytically the amount of char could further improve flame retardancy. It has also been revealed that a certain combination of alpha-polyolefins having peculiar MFR values and densities, or only certain crosslinked alpha-polyolefin copolymers having limited comonomer content gave excellent physical and electrical properties, especially with magnesium hydroxide as an inorganic flame retardant. Based on these results, the authors have developed halogen-free (HF), flame-retardant (FR) cables showing excellent flame retardancy, low smoke generation, physical, electrical and aging properties. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADP005287

Entities

People

  • H. Kato
  • K. Sengoku
  • M. Ishida
  • M. Ueda
  • T. Futagami

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electrical Properties
  • Flame Retardants
  • High Temperature
  • Hydroxides
  • Magnesium
  • Magnesium Hydroxide
  • Materials
  • Metallic Compounds

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics