Thermal Measurements on Polymeric Epoxy-Expandable Graphite Material
Joint Authors
Asante, Joseph
Modiba, Fortunate
Mwakikunga, Bonex
Source
International Journal of Polymer Science
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-09-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Combustion measurements, such as heat release rate, critical flux, time-to-ignition, ignition temperature, thermal inertia, and kinematics—activation energy as well as preexponential factor—on epoxy polymer (Prime™ 20LV) with expandable graphite (EG) inorganic filler of different weight percentage composites, are conducted using the Dual Cone Calorimeter, the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and Linseis (Germany) THB100 Transient Hot Bridge thermal conductivity analyser.
The results indicate that increasing the amount of EG in polymer composite leads to reduction in the critical flux, the time-to-ignition, the ignition temperature, the thermal inertia, the average thermal conductivity, and the activation energy (from 159.1 ± 2.3 to 145.9 ± 3.1 kJ/mol for neat epoxy to 3 wt.% EG-epoxy) of the composite samples.
There is, however, an increase in the heat of gasification with increasing EG content.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Asante, Joseph& Modiba, Fortunate& Mwakikunga, Bonex. 2016. Thermal Measurements on Polymeric Epoxy-Expandable Graphite Material. International Journal of Polymer Science،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106628
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Asante, Joseph…[et al.]. Thermal Measurements on Polymeric Epoxy-Expandable Graphite Material. International Journal of Polymer Science No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106628
American Medical Association (AMA)
Asante, Joseph& Modiba, Fortunate& Mwakikunga, Bonex. Thermal Measurements on Polymeric Epoxy-Expandable Graphite Material. International Journal of Polymer Science. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106628
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1106628