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The potential of ferric pyrophosphate for influencing the thermal degradation of cotton fabrics

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Ferric pyrophosphate (FePP) was used as additive to study its synergistic effect of thermal degradation on cotton fabrics. The microscale combustion calorimetry (MCC), thermogravimetric analysis (TG), Raman spectroscopy and Real Time Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (RT-FTIR) were utilized to evaluate the synergistic effects of FePP on cotton/DIA. The MCC results revealed that cotton/DIA/FePP generated less combustion heat during heating than that of cotton/DIA. TG results showed that presence of FePP improved the thermal stability of materials. The Raman spectroscopy test showed that FePP can ameliorate the structural organization level of the carbon and the graphitization degree of the char. RT-FTIR data revealed the mechanism of the influence of FePP, which can catalyze the break of the flame retardant as well as promote the char forming.

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The work was financially supported by the Program for Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (200803580008) and the Program for Science and Technology of Su Zhou (SG-0841).

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    Shuang Hu, Yuan Hu, Lei Song & Hongdian Lu

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Hu, S., Hu, Y., Song, L. et al. The potential of ferric pyrophosphate for influencing the thermal degradation of cotton fabrics. J Therm Anal Calorim 109, 27–32 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-011-1732-1

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