Title :

Extreme Heat Shielding of Clay/Chitosan Nanobrick Wall on Flexible Foam

Author(s) :

Lazar, Simone [Auteur]
Texas A&M University [College Station]
Carosio, Federico [Auteur]
Politecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin [Polito]
Davesne, Anne-Lise [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Jimenez, Maude [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Bourbigot, Serge [Auteur]
Unité Matériaux et Transformations - UMR 8207 [UMET]
Grunlan, Jaime C. [Auteur]
Texas A&M University [College Station]

Journal title :

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Volume number :

10

Pages :

31686–31696

Publication date :

2018-09-19

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]/Matériaux
Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]/Génie des procédés
Chimie/Matériaux
Chimie/Polymères

English abstract : [en]

Flexible polyurethane foam (PUF) is widely used in bedding, transportation, and furniture, despite being highly flammable. In an effort to decrease the flammability of the polymer, an environmentally friendly flame retardant ...
Show more >Flexible polyurethane foam (PUF) is widely used in bedding, transportation, and furniture, despite being highly flammable. In an effort to decrease the flammability of the polymer, an environmentally friendly flame retardant coating was deposited on polyurethane foam (PUF) via layer-by-layer assembly. Treated foam was subjected to three different fire scenarios, 10 s torch test, cone calorimetry, and a 900 s burn-through test, to evaluate the thermal shielding behavior of an eight bilayer chitosan/vermiculite clay nanocoating. In each fire scenario, the nanocoating acts as a thermal shield from the flames by successfully protecting the backside of the PUF, whereas the side directly exposed to the flame results in a hollowed nanocoating that maintains the complex three-dimensional porous structure of the foam. Cone calorimetry reveals that the coating reduces the peak heat release rate and total smoke release by 53 and 63%, respectively, whereas a temperature gradient greater than 200 °C is observed across a 2.5 cm thick coated foam sample during the rigorous burn-through fire test. The thermal shielding behavior of this polymer/clay nanocoating makes this system very attractive in improving the fire safety of polyurethane foam used for insulating applications.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
ENSCL
CNRS
INRA

Collections :

• Unité Matériaux et Transformations (UMET) - UMR 8207

Research team(s) :

Ingénierie des Systèmes Polymères

Submission date :

2019-05-17T09:24:50Z
2023-11-15T14:21:04Z