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Flame Retardant Polyolefins

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 9115

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Henri Vahabi

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Optical Materials, Photonics and Systems Laboratory (LMOPS), Université de Lorraine, F-57000 Metz, France
Interests: flame retardancy; thermal degradation; biobased flame retardants; biopolymers; aging of flame retardant and polymers; fiber-reinforced composites
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Dr. Fouad Laoutid

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Laboratory of Polymeric & Composite Materials, Materia Nova Research Center, University of Mons UMONS, Place du Parc 23, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
Interests: (bio)polymers; flame retardancy; polymer recycling; (nano)composites; reactive extrusion
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Dr. Mohammad Reza Saeb

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Department of Resin and Additives, Institute for Color Science and Technology, P.O. Box 16765-654 Tehran, Iran
Interests: polymer blends; polymer composites; polymer nanocomposites; biopolymers; thermal analysis of polymer systems; thermoset composites; cure index; cure kinetics; coatings; bio-based resins
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Flame-retardant polymers are increasingly becoming an important part of research in academic and industrial centers due to their importance in human society. Research on flame retardancy of polymer blends and composites has roots in the knowledge of selecting and adapting additives for polymers. To rely on the need for collecting new ideas and integrating research on fire retardancy of polymer systems, the MDPI journal of Polymers has recently opened a collection under the name of “Fire and Polymers”. Although several papers have been published so far in this collection, we are still looking for new works and are striving to make research on fire-retardant polymers as specified as possible, to address all aspects of this scientific area in particular ways. We know that polyolefins play key roles in diverse fields from commodity to advanced materials. The huge volume of production of polyolefins as commodity plastics gives reason to explore their flame retardancy, for they are highly flammable. Based on our survey, plenty of additives have been examined for making polyolefins flame-retardant, with polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene mostly being the matrix. Herein, we are launching a new Special Issue under the title of “Flame-Retardant Polyolefins” to collect and summarize research on flame retardancy of this famous member of the polymer family. Original regular papers, review papers, mini-reviews, and short communications are but some of the possible kinds of manuscripts we shall accept from authors. Flame retardancy of as-synthesized (neat, without additives) polyolefins, polyolefins blends (blend of one or two polyolefins with one or more other polymers, without additives), and polymer composites (with additives), which are defined in the following, are welcome as the focus of your manuscript:

  • Analysis of flame retardancy of polyolefins;
  • Additives selection for polyolefins;
  • Classification of polyolefin systems from a flame retardancy point ofview;
  • Flame-retardant properties of polyolefin blends;
  • Flame-retardant properties of polyolefin composites;
  • Flame retardancy of polyolefin hybrid composites;
  • Modeling flame retardancy of polyolefins, polyolefin blends, composites, and nanocomposites;
  • Flame retardancy of polyolefin fibers and textiles;
  • Biodegradable flame-retardant polyolefin systems;
  • Recycling of flame-retardant polyolefins.

Dr. Henri Vahabi
Dr. Fouad Laoutid
Dr. Mohammad Reza Saeb
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Flame-retardant
  • Polymer
  • Composite
  • Nanocomposite
  • Polyolefin
  • Polyethylene
  • Polypropylene
  • Heat Release
  • Fire testing
  • Flame Retardancy Index (FRI)
  • Smoke
  • Fire
  • Bio-based polyolefins
  • Bio-based flame retardants

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Flame Retardant Polypropylenes: A Review
by Farzad Seidi, Elnaz Movahedifar, Ghasem Naderi, Vahideh Akbari, Franck Ducos, Ramin Shamsi, Henri Vahabi and Mohammad Reza Saeb
Polymers 2020, 12(8), 1701; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12081701 - 29 Jul 2020
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Abstract
Polypropylene (PP) is a commodity plastic known for high rigidity and crystallinity, which is suitable for a wide range of applications. However, high flammability of PP has always been noticed by users as a constraint; therefore, a variety of additives has been examined [...] Read more.
Polypropylene (PP) is a commodity plastic known for high rigidity and crystallinity, which is suitable for a wide range of applications. However, high flammability of PP has always been noticed by users as a constraint; therefore, a variety of additives has been examined to make PP flame-retardant. In this work, research papers on the flame retardancy of PP have been comprehensively reviewed, classified in terms of flame retardancy, and evaluated based on the universal dimensionless criterion of Flame Retardancy Index (FRI). The classification of additives of well-known families, i.e., phosphorus-based, nitrogen-based, mineral, carbon-based, bio-based, and hybrid flame retardants composed of two or more additives, was reflected in FRI mirror calculated from cone calorimetry data, whatever heat flux and sample thickness in a given series of samples. PP composites were categorized in terms of flame retardancy performance as Poor, Good, or Excellent cases. It also attempted to correlate other criteria like UL-94 and limiting oxygen index (LOI) with FRI values, giving a broad view of flame retardancy performance of PP composites. The collected data and the conclusions presented in this survey should help researchers working in the field to select the best additives among possibilities for making the PP sufficiently flame-retardant for advanced applications. Full article
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