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Flame retardant additives offer a potential short-term solution for reducing the combustibility of composites, and hence the reduction of the associated hazards. A brief review of fire modelling was performed to identify suitable mathematical expressions with which the results of the experimental flame retardant investigation were analysed. These were then used in a limited trial to compare the experimental and calculated ignition parameters. The comparison of simple mathematical equations with fire test results indicated that their ability to reasonably reproduce the experimental ignition parameters of the flame retardant treated composites is dependent on the mechanism of flame retardant activity, particularly the stage of combustion at which it is designed to be active.
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Morrey, E.L. Flame retardant composite materials. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 72, 943–954 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025086703140
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