Citation

Lyon RE, Speitel L, Walters RN, Crowley S. Fire Mater. 2003; 27(4): 195-208.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

The molecular design of semi-inorganic polymers has produced polysilphenylene-siloxane and polyphosphazene elastomers having comparable fire safety to heat resistant engineering plastics. In flaming combustion a polyphosphazene rubber had a four times lower peak heat release rate than the polyurethane elastomer currently used in fire-blocked aircraft seat Cushions. The addition of expandable graphite flakes to polyurethane and polyphosphazene elastomers reduces their peak heat release rates by factors of seven and five, respectively.

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