@article{ref1,
title="Mechanisms of the flame retardant behavior of covalently bonded phosphorus in poly(methyl methacrylates)",
journal="Fire and polymers IV: materials and concepts for hazard prevention",
year="2006",
author="Price, D and Cunliffe, LK and Bullett, KJ and Hull, T. Richard and Milnes, GJ and Ebdon, JR and Hunt, BJ and Joseph, P",
volume="",
number="",
pages="252-265",
abstract="Flammability studies concerned with the fire retardance of an additive fire retardant system of poly(methyl methacrylate), PMMA, containing triethyl phosphate (TEP) and two reactive systems of methyl methacrylate and diethyl 2(methacryloyloxy)ethylphosphate (DEMEP) and diethyl 2-(acryloyloxy)ethylphosphate (DEAEP) copolymers have already been reported These studies showed improvements in the fire retardancy when the phosphate group was incorporated into the polymer The purpose of this work is to establish the different modes of action of the additive and reactive fire retardants and to identify the causes of the different behaviours; A combination of TG with EGA, DSC, laser and microfurnace pyrolysis mass spectrometry and isothermal pyrolysis GC-MS were used for these studies The greater extent of the condensed phase interactions shown by the MMA/DEAEP case explains why that system has superior flame retarding ability than does the MMA/DEMEP system.<p />",
language="",
issn="0097-6156",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}