Recent Advances in Fire-Retardant Silicone Rubber Composites
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Thermal Decomposition Behavior of SR
3. Laboratory Fire Testing Methods
3.1. UL 94 Vertical Burning Test
3.2. Limiting Oxygen Index Test
3.3. Cone Calorimeter Test
4. Flame Retardance of SR
4.1. Intrinsic Flame Retardation
4.2. Additive-Type Flame Retardation
4.2.1. Phosphorus-/Nitrogen-/Silicon-Containing Flame Retardants
4.2.2. Inorganic Flame Retardants
4.2.3. Intumescent Flame Retardants
4.2.4. Nano-Flame Retardants
4.2.5. Other Flame Retardants
5. Conclusions and Outlooks
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Criteria | No Rating | V-2 | V-1 | V-0 |
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Maximum flame burning time for a single sample (t1/t2) | >30 s | ≤30 s | ≤30 s | ≤10 s |
Total flame combustion time of five samples (t1 + t2) | >250 s | ≤250 s | ≤250 s | ≤50 s |
Flame and no-flame burning time after second ignition (t2 + t3) | >60 s | ≤60 s | ≤60 s | ≤30 s |
Whether flaming or flame burning spreads to the fixture | No | No | No | No |
Whether the dropping ignites the cotton wool | No | No | No | No |
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Tang, Y.-H.; Liu, J.; Chen, Z.-Y.; Li, Y.; Cao, C.-F.; Zhang, G.-D.; Tang, L.-C. Recent Advances in Fire-Retardant Silicone Rubber Composites. Polymers 2024, 16, 2442. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16172442
Tang Y-H, Liu J, Chen Z-Y, Li Y, Cao C-F, Zhang G-D, Tang L-C. Recent Advances in Fire-Retardant Silicone Rubber Composites. Polymers. 2024; 16(17):2442. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16172442
Chicago/Turabian StyleTang, Yi-Hao, Jun Liu, Zuan-Yu Chen, Yang Li, Cheng-Fei Cao, Guo-Dong Zhang, and Long-Cheng Tang. 2024. "Recent Advances in Fire-Retardant Silicone Rubber Composites" Polymers 16, no. 17: 2442. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16172442