Abstract
Poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) fabrics are treated with meso-1,2,3,4-tetrabro mobutane (TBB) to investigate flame retardation. The limiting oxygen index (LOI) value increases with an increasing amount of absorbed TBB (ATBB) and reaches 28.1 % when ATBB is 10.20% owf. The slope of LOI is 1.14%/% owf from 0 to 4.65% owf of A TBB, and the slope decreases 0.31%/% owf at a region higher than 4.65% owf. The phase transition behavior of treated samples, investigated with differential scanning calorim etry, reveals that the depression of the melting initial temperature ( T m) is directly proportional to the LOI value. Flory's equation for the depression of the melting point in polymer-diluent systems is applied to the PET-TBB system. We conclude that TBB molecules, which have strong affinities for PET segments in the region below 4.65% owf, show greater retardation for flammability.
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