TY - CONF A1 - Bärmann, F A1 - Dittmann, Daniel A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Jonas, U. A1 - Fuchs, S. T1 - Degradation analysis of polypropylene in the presence of phosphorus and sulfur containing additives - TGA-FTIR N2 - Polyolefins as polypropylene are widely used in packaging, automotive, consumer goods, construction, infrastructure, agricultural film and other film and sheet applications. Due to their molecular structure, polyolefins inherently burn well. The wide and growing usage implements that fire retardancy of polyolefin products is necessary and gains more attention. Sulfurous additives with synergistic flame retarding effects were shown in polymers like polystyrene and polyolefins by Bellin et al. and Fuchs et al. earlier. For polystyrene compounds, Braun et al. revealed that thermal degradation in the presence of phosphorus and sulfurous additives changes massively. The total release, the composition, and the onset temperature of evolved decomposition products changes. For polypropylene, mixtures containing triphenyl phosphate (TPP), sulfur (S8) and poly(tertbutylphenol) disulphide (PBDS) (Table 1) were prepared and investigated via thermogravimetric analysis coupled to Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (TGA-FTIR). T2 - FRPM 2019 CY - Turku, Finland DA - 26.06.2019 KW - TGA-FTIR KW - Polypropylene KW - Phosphorus KW - Sulfur PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49391 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -