Fire resistance polyester resin

OTHER COMMENTS used as a gasoline additive for automotive, aviation and farm equipment used in solvent extraction processes, as a general laboratory solvent, and as a medium solvent for polymerization reactions used in the synthesis of amyl chlorides for intermediates in manufacture of paint, lacquer solvents, hydraulic fluids, paint removers, and miscellaneous petrochemicals used in the synthesis of polychlorocyclopentanes as intermediates in manufacture of fire-resistant polyester resins and paints, dye intermediates, and plasticizers use as a heat-exchange medium, a component of lighter fluids and blow-torch fuel, and in the manufacture of polystyrene beads for styrofoam production. 

Not only does the material have excellent resistance to burning but smoke emission values are reported to be much less than for fire-retardant polyester resin. The laminates are being increasingly used in situations where corrosion is associated with organic media, where corrosion is encountered at temperatures above 100°C as in fume stacks and where both fire retardance and corrosion resistance are desired as in fume ducts. 

Chlorendic anhydride 9 is used for making fire-retardant polyester resins. Polyester resins so made are used for insulation of electrical parts, appliance parts, corrosion resistant ductwork, etc. (See Chapter 12.)... 

Phenohc resins (qv), once a popular matrix material for composite materials, have in recent years been superseded by polyesters and epoxies. Nevertheless, phenohc resins stiU find considerable use in appHcations where high temperature stabiHty and fire resistance are of paramount importance. Typical examples of the use of phenoHc resins in the marine industry include internal bulkheads, decks, and certain finishings. The curing process involves significant production of water, often resulting in the formation of voids within the volume of the material. Further, the fact that phenoHcs are prone to absorb water in humid or aqueous conditions somewhat limits their widespread appHcation. PhenoHc resins are also used as the adhesive in plywood, and phenohc molding compounds have wide use in household appliances and in the automotive, aerospace, and electrical industries (12). 

Chlorendic Acid Polyester These resins have excellent resistance to acids, good resistance to oxidizing acid media and high-temperature resistance, and moderate fire resistance. 

Syntactic foams are less combustible than their chemically foamed counterparts for the same reason. A syntactic foam s fire resistance can be increased using modifiers and additives in much the same way as for ordinary plastics, the only additional precaution being that the filler—binder adhesion should not be impaired in the process. Specially compounded polyester resins have been used in the USSR to obtain syntactic foams, whose combustion times and mass losses are, respectively, 4-60 and 24 to 180 times lower than those of the unmodified plastic 155). 

Thermoset resins covers an extremely wide range, including phenol formaldehyde polymers, aminopolymers, PUs, epoxies, and thermoset polyesters, which include the alkyd and unsaturated vinyl ester resins. Of special interest at the present time are those that comprise the resin component of liber-reinforced composites that are finding increasing use in commercial and defense sectors, where fire resistance is of paramount importance. Typical resins used are those listed in Table 2.4 along with typical, respective LOI values in descending order of increased inherent fire resistance. 

Epoxy vinyl ester resins are a special class of unsaturated resin. This resin is made by capping an epoxy resin with methacrylic acid and then dissolving in styrene monomer to the desired viscosity. This gives mechanical properties similar to epoxy resins, but the processibility (low viscosity allowing for resin infusion processes) of an unsaturated polyester resin. As with unsaturated vinyl esters, the most common fire retardant vinyl ester resin is based on a resin made from a halogenated system, tetrabromobisphenol A. The level of bromine in the resin and the presence of antimony will determine the fire performance of the resin. These resins are normally used for corrosion resistant equipment or when fire performance and high mechanical properties are required. It is very difficult to get a low smoke value with a brominated vinyl ester resin again due to the fact that bromine... 

Manfredi, L. B., Rodriguez, E. S., Wladyka-Przybylak, M., and Vazquez, A. Thermal degradation and fire resistance of unsaturated polyester, modified acrylic resins and their composites with natural fibres, Polym. Degrad. Stabil. 2006, 91, 255-261. 

Velsicol Chemical LLC, formerly Velsicol Chemical Corporation, designs, manufactures, markets and distributes high performance specialty chemicals and industrial intermediates, primarily based on benzoic acid and the organic compound cyclopentadiene. Its products include chlorendic anhydride and hexachlorocyclopentadiene (HEX). Chlorendic anhydride is corrosion resistant, fire resistant and has high UV stability, and is used in the synthesis of flame retardant polymers such as polyurethanes, unsaturated polyester and epoxy resins. HEX, a reactive intermediate used in the manufacture of agricultural pesticides in the production of flame retardants for the wire and cable industry and in the preparation of chlorendic anhydride. The company s products are produced primarily at a plant in Memphis, Tennessee Velsicol also maintains the Memphis Environmental Center (MEC), which focuses on managing legacy environmental liabilities. The firm is owned by Arsenal Capital Partners, a private equity firm. 

Fire resistance is an important property of phenolic resins. The combination of phenolic resin with Expancel expandable microspheres leads to many useful products. Composites for high speed train interiors take advantage of the light weight, excellent fire rating, and very low thermal conductivity. Polyester filled with aluminum hydroxide is an alternative solution for train interior materials. The resin and filler can be easily processed when viscosity regulating additives are added. 

These resins have the highest heat resistance of any chemically resistant polyester. They are also inherently fire retardant. A noncombustible rating of 20 can be achieved, making this the safest possible polyester for stacks, hoods, fans, ducts, or wherever a fire hazard might exist. This fire retardancy is achieved by the addition of antimony trioxide. 

In terms of fire resistance considerations, as E-glass fibers and a polyester resin were used, a filled, low viscosity, and self-extinguishing polyester resin was adopted that further showed low flammabihty and medium smoke formation. As fire is an accidental action, the partial load factors could be reduced to 1.0 in the structural design according to the Swiss code. A consideration in the stmctural design of fire situation was that a surface of 2.0 m x 2.0 m of the lower face sheets could fail without collapse of the roof stmcture. This further took into account the reduction of 50% in material strength and stiffness for a 1.0 m wide strip around this surface [19]. 

Chlorendic polyester resins made from HEX acid and maleic anhydride may also be considered. They have increased fire resistance due to the presence of chlorine. Strength and toughness properties are lower than in isophthalic resins. 

The mechanical properties of the resole phenoUcs are comparable with those of orthophthaUc polyesters. Typical values are given in Table 3.4. However the high heat distortion temperature and fire resistance are leading to greater use of these materials. Low shrinkage compared with polyesters is a characteristic of this resin. 

A new approach to render fibre-reinforced rigid composite materials flame retardant is undertaken by the utilisation of complex fibrous-intumescent chars. The use of flame retarded cellulosics fabric, surface coated with an interactive intumescent as an additional reinforcement in an otherwise conventional structure has been studied. Thermal analysis has shown that when heated, all components decompose by chemically interactive mechanisms leading to a char-bonded stmcture and the residual mass of char formed is higher than expected above 450 °C, even in the case where polyester resins are present. Not only are greater fiactions of char formed above 450 °C but the chars formed are more resistant to oxidation than the respective components (resin, traditional fabric and coated cellulose). Thus composites comprising these various components will have significantly improved fire performance. 

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