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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Towards Selection Charts for Epoxy Resin, Unsaturated Polyester Resin and Their Fibre-Fabric Composites with Flame Retardants.

Noha Ramadan, Mohamed Taha, Angela Daniela La Rosa, Ahmed Elsabbagh

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Noha RamadanDesign and Production Engineering Department, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11517, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-4784-9402
Mohamed TahaDesign and Production Engineering Department, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11517, Egypt.
Angela Daniela La RosaDepartment of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-5739-6005
Ahmed ElsabbaghDesign and Production Engineering Department, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11517, Egypt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epoxy and unsaturated polyester resins are the most used thermosetting polymers. They are commonly used in electronics, construction, marine, automotive and aircraft industries. Moreover, reinforcing both epoxy and unsaturated polyester resins with carbon or glass fibre in a fabric form has enabled them to be used in high-performance applications. However, their organic nature as any other polymeric materials made them highly flammable materials. Enhancing the flame retardancy performance of thermosetting polymers and their composites can be improved by the addition of flame-retardant materials, but this comes at the expense of their mechanical properties. In this regard, a comprehensive review on the recent research articles that studied the flame retardancy of epoxy resin, unsaturated polyester resin and their composites were covered. Flame retardancy performance of different flame retardant/polymer systems was evaluated in terms of Flame Retardancy index (FRI) that was calculated based on the data extracted from the cone calorimeter test. Furthermore, flame retardant selection charts that relate between the flame retardancy level with mechanical properties in the aspects of tensile and flexural strength were presented. This review paper is also dedicated to providing the reader with a brief overview on the combustion mechanism of polymeric materials, their flammability behaviour and the commonly used flammability testing techniques and the mechanism of action of flame retardants.

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epoxy resinflame retardancyflame retardancy index (FRI)material selection chartsmechanical propertiespolymer matrix compositesunsaturated polyester resin

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PMID33802309
PMCPMC7959149

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