Titre :

A Case Study of Polyether Ether Ketone (I): Investigating the Thermal and Fire Behavior of a High-Performance Material

Auteur(s) :

Ramgobin, Aditya [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Fontaine, Gaelle [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Bourbigot, Serge [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]

Titre de la revue :

Polymers

Numéro :

12

Pagination :

1789

Éditeur :

MDPI AG

Date de publication :

2020-08-10

ISSN :

2073-4360

Discipline(s) HAL :

Chimie/Matériaux
Chimie/Polymères

Résumé en anglais : [en]

The thermal and fire behaviors of a high-performance polymeric material—polyether ether ketone (PEEK) was investigated. The TG plots of PEEK under different oxygen concentrations revealed that the initial step of thermal ...
Lire la suite >The thermal and fire behaviors of a high-performance polymeric material—polyether ether ketone (PEEK) was investigated. The TG plots of PEEK under different oxygen concentrations revealed that the initial step of thermal decomposition does not greatly depend on the oxygen level. However, oxygen concentration plays a major role in the subsequent decomposition steps. In order to understand the thermal decomposition mechanism of PEEK several methods were employed, i.e., pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (Py–GC–MS), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) coupled with a Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR). It was observed that the initial decomposition step of the material may lead to the release of noncombustible gases and the formation of a highly crosslinked graphite-like carbonaceous structure. Moreover, during the mass loss cone calorimetry test, PEEK has shown excellent charring and fire resistance when it is subjected to an incident heat flux of 50 kW/m². Based on the fire behavior and the identification of pyrolysis gases evolved during the decomposition of PEEK, the enhanced fire resistance of PEEK was assigned to the dilution of the flammable decomposition gases as well as the formation of a protective graphite-like charred structure during its decomposition. Moreover, at 60 kW/m², ignition occurred more quickly. This is because a higher rate of release of decomposition products is achieved at such a heat flux, causing a higher concentration of combustibles, thus an earlier ignition. However, the peak of heat release rate of the material did not exceed 125 kW/m².Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Comité de lecture :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

Projet Européen :

MULTI-CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF FIRE BARRIER: A SYSTEMIC APPROACH

Établissement(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
INRA
ENSCL

Collections :

• Unité Matériaux et Transformations (UMET) - UMR 8207

Équipe(s) de recherche :

Ingénierie des Systèmes Polymères

Date de dépôt :

2020-09-13T16:03:00Z
2020-09-14T14:52:43Z