TY - THES A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik T1 - Flame retardancy of wood-plastic composites N2 - Über das Brandverhalten von „Wood-plastic Composites“ (WPCs) und deren Flammschutz ist bislang wenig bekannt. Die Verwendung von WPCs ist in den vergangenen Jahren stetig gestiegen. Vor allem in ihrem Hauptanwendungsgebiet als Bodenbeläge verzeichnen WPC Materialien einen großen Marktanteil. Bis jetzt existiert jedoch noch keine Flammschutzlösung, die alle nötigen Anforderungen im Bauwesen erfüllt. Flammgeschützte Materialien sind jedoch vor allem für Innenanwendungen und im Bereich von Fluchtwegen unabdingbar. In dieser Arbeit werden zum einen grundlegende Mechanismen über das Brandverhalten von WPCs aufgeklärt. Zum anderen werden die Wirksamkeit und die Wirkungsweise verschiedener Flammschutzmitteln in WPC Materialien untersucht. Ein spezielles Augenmerk wird dabei auch auf Endprodukte aus WPC Materialien gelegt. WPC wurde dabei in seiner Hauptanwendung als Fußbodenbelag untersucht. Das Brandverhalten wurde für Materialien und Produkte mit Hilfe von „Cone Calorimeter“ Untersuchungen und „Radiant Panel Tests“ bestimmt. Zudem wurden numerische Simulationen genutzt, um den Einfluss verschiedener thermischer Materialparameter auf das Brandverhalten zu erforschen. Desweiteren wurde das thermische Zersetzungsverhalten mittels thermogravimetrischer Methoden und spektroskopischen Untersuchungen ermittelt. Auf dessen Grundlage konnten Abbaumechanismen für WPC Materialen in Verbindung mit verschiedenen Flammschutzmitteln erstellt werden. WPCs zeigen das gleiche Brandverhalten wie Holz, auf Grund des polymeren Anteils ist jedoch die Wärmefreisetzungsrate während der Verbrennung stark erhöht. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass alle untersuchten Flammschutzmittel einen positiven Effekt auf das Brandverhalten von WPCs hatten. Beste Ergebnisse wurden durch Ammonium-Polyphosphat, Paxymer und expandierbaren Graphit erzielt. Expandierbarer Graphit war besonders in Verbindung mit rotem Phosphor sehr wirksam, da der Phosphor den gebildeten Rückstand stabilisierte. Neben dem Einfluss von Flammschutzmitteln konnte gezeigt werden, dass für WPC Fußbodendielen auch andere Einflussfaktoren, wie die Geometrie und der Feuchtigkeitsgehalt eine wichtige Rolle spielen. So weisen Hohlkammerprofildielen im Vergleich zu Vollprofilproben zwar eine verminderte Menge an brennbarem Material auf, die Flammenausbreitung ist jedoch stark erhöht. N2 - Up to now only little knowledge has been recorded about the fire behavior and flame retardancy of wood-plastic composites (WPCs). The use of WPCs has increased continuously in recent years. Especially in their main field of application as a decking material, WPCs present a big share of the market. To date no flame-retarded solution has been introduced for WPC materials that fulfils the necessary requirements. But flameretarded materials are indispensable, especially for indoor use and the protection of escape routes. In this study basic knowledge about the fire behavior of WPCs is investigated first. Second, the effectiveness and mode of action of different flame-retardant additives is investigated. Special attention is drawn to products made of WPC material. Therefore WPC was further investigated in its main field of application as decking boards. The fire behavior of materials and products was investigated by means of cone calorimeter measurements as well as radiant panel tests. Furthermore numerical simulations were carried out to study the effects of various thermal material properties on burning behavior. Thermal decomposition was studied using thermogravimetric methods and spectroscopic investigations. Against this background, models for thermal decomposition pathways were built for combinations of WPC material with different flame retardants. WPCs show burning behavior similar to that of pure wood samples with an increased heat release rate due to polymeric fractions. It is shown that all investigated flame retardants had a positive effect on the burning behavior of WPCs. The best results were achieved by the flame retardants ammonium polyphosphate, Paxymer and expandable graphite. Especially in combination with red phosphorus, expandable graphite was highly effective because red phosphorus stabilized formed residue. Apart from the influence of flame retardants, other influencing factors like geometry and moisture content also played an important role concerning the flame retardancy of WPC decking boards. Indeed, hollow decking boards offer a reduced amount of combustible material, but their flame spread is increased in comparison to solid samples. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 90 PY - 2012 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-684 SN - 978-3-9815134-5-5 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 90 SP - 1 EP - 107 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-68 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Wagner, M.H. T1 - Residue stabilization in the fire retardancy of wood-plastic composites: combination of ammonium polyphosphate, expandable graphite, and red phosphorus JF - Macromolecular chemistry and physics N2 - Combinations of different common flame retardants in wood–plastic composites (WPCs) are tested to identify synergistic or antagonistic effects with the goal of improving the fire performance of WPCs. Flame retardants investigated are expandable graphite (EG), ammonium polyphosphate (APP), and red phosphorus (RP) and combinations of two of them are used. The fire behavior is studied by cone calorimetric measurements. Additional thermogravimetry is used for further investigations. The fire tests show that EG has the highest potential for flame retardancy, but due to its expansion it cracks the formed residue layer. Combinations of EG with RP or with high amounts of APP are able to suppress this cracking. KW - Flame retardance KW - Halogen free KW - Renewable resources KW - Wood-plastic composites KW - WPC PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201200119 SN - 1022-1352 SN - 1521-3935 VL - 213 IS - 22 SP - 2370 EP - 2377 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-27489 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik A1 - Dümichen, Erik A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - Flame retardancy of glass fiber reinforced high temperature polyamide by use of aluminum diethylphosphinate: thermal and thermo-oxidative effects JF - Polymer International N2 - Glass fiber reinforced polyamide (PA) 6T/DT flame retarded with aluminum diethylphosphinate (AlPi) was tested to assess its flame retardant properties. Models for the decomposition of PA 6T/DT with and without AlPi are presented. Thermal decomposition was measured by performing TGA with Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and FTIR spectroscopy in the condensed phase. Fire behavior was studied using a cone calorimeter and flammability was tested with UL 94 and the limiting oxygen index. AlPi works as an effective flame retardant for glass fiber reinforced PA 6T/DT materials, acting in the gas phase. Also observed was condensed-phase action, which occurs especially under oxidative conditions before the samples ignite. KW - Flame retardancy KW - High tmeperature polyamide 6T/DT KW - Aluminum phosphinate KW - Degradation PY - 2013 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pi.4497 SN - 0959-8103 SN - 1097-0126 SN - 0007-1641 VL - 62 IS - 11 SP - 1608 EP - 1616 PB - Wiley InterScience CY - Chichester, West Sussex AN - OPUS4-29386 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - A new flame retardant for wood materials tested in wood-plastic composites JF - Macromolecular materials and engineering N2 - A new flame retardant based on an ammonium phosphonate is studied with respect to its thermal decomposition and its mode of action in wood-plastic composites (WPCs). The measurements are carried out by means of fire tests (cone calorimeter) and pyrolysis investigations (thermogravimetry, infrared spectroscopy). The flame retardant acts mainly in the condensed phase by increasing the amount of residue formed by the wood part in the WPC. Additional flame dilution is achieved by the release of water, ammonia and carbon dioxide during the decomposition of the flame retardant. KW - Disflamoll TP LXS 51064 KW - Flame retardance KW - Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) KW - Wood-plastic composites (WPC) PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201100382 SN - 1438-7492 SN - 1439-2054 VL - 297 IS - 8 SP - 814 EP - 820 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-26566 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - Burning behavior of wood-plastic composite decking boards in end-use conditions: the effects of geometry, material composition, and moisture JF - Journal of fire sciences N2 - In this study, we investigated the basic knowledge necessary to develop flame-retarded wood–plastic composite (WPC) materials by focusing on decking boards. Therefore, the respective effects of geometry, material composition, and moisture were studied by performing cone calorimetric measurements. Using hollow-shaped geometries removes combustible material and reduces the fire load but simultaneously increases fire propagation. The best results were achieved by using high-wood contents. The addition of talc can reduce the intensity of burning. Moisture also has a positive effect on burning behavior. Apart from the well-known mechanism of water, a change was observed in the resultant residue. KW - WPC KW - Wood-plastic composite KW - Cone calorimeter KW - Decking boards PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1177/0734904111423488 SN - 0734-9041 SN - 1530-8049 VL - 30 IS - 1 SP - 41 EP - 54 PB - Sage CY - London AN - OPUS4-25357 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pikacz, E. A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik A1 - Schartel, Bernhard A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Karrasch, Andrea A1 - Jäger, Christian T1 - Flame retardancy in PC/Silicone rubber blends using BDP and additional additives T2 - 20th Annual conference on recent advances in flame retardancy of polymeric materials (Proceedings) T2 - 20th Annual conference on recent advances in flame retardancy of polymeric materials CY - Stamford, CT, USA DA - 2009-06-01 KW - Flame retardancy KW - PC blend KW - Aryl phosphate PY - 2009 SN - 1-59623-509-8 VL - 20 IS - Chapter IV-B SP - 236 EP - 246 CY - Wellesley, MA, USA AN - OPUS4-20703 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wawrzyn, Eliza A1 - Schartel, Bernhard A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik A1 - Karrasch, A1 - Jäger, Christian T1 - What reacts with what in bisphenol A polycarbonate/silicon rubber/bisphenol A bis(diphenyl phosphate) during pyrolysis and fire behavior? JF - Industrial & engineering chemistry research N2 - The pyrolysis and flame retardancy of a bisphenol A polycarbonate/silicon rubber/bisphenol A bis(diphenyl phosphate) (PC/SiR/BDP) blend were investigated and compared to those of PC/BDP and PC/SiR. The impact modifier SiR consists mainly of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS > 80 wt %). The pyrolysis of PC/SiR/BDP was studied by thermogravimetry (TG), TG–FTIR to analyze the evolved gases, and a Linkam hot stage cell within FTIR as well as 29Si NMR and 31P NMR to analyze the solid residue. The fire performance was determined by PCFC, LOI, UL 94, and a cone calorimeter under different external irradiations. The fire residues were studied by using ATR-FTIR as well as the additional binary systems PC + PDMS, PC + BDP, and BDP + PDMS, focusing on the specific chemical interactions. The decomposition pathways are revealed, focusing on the competing interaction between the components. Fire retardancy in PC/SiR/BDP is caused by both flame inhibition in the gas phase and inorganic-carbonaceous residue formation in the condensed phase. The PC/SiR/BDP does not work as well superimposing the PC/SiR and PC/BDP performances. PDMS reacts with PC and BDP, decreasing BDP's mode of action. Nevertheless, the flammability (LOI > 37%, UL 94 V-0) of PC/SiR/BDP equals the high level of PC/BDP. Indeed, SiR in PC/SiR/BDP is underlined as a promising impact modifier in flame-retarded PC/impact modifier blends as an alternative to highly flammable impact modifiers such as acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene (ABS), taking into account that the chosen SiR leads to PC blends with a similar mechanical performance. KW - PC KW - BDP KW - PDMS KW - Flame retardancy KW - Flammability KW - Decomposition KW - Pyrolysis PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/ie201908s SN - 0888-5885 SN - 1520-5045 VL - 51 IS - 3 SP - 1244 EP - 1255 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-25460 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Naumann, Annette A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik A1 - Stephan, Ina A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Noll, Matthias T1 - Material resistance of flame retarded wood-plastic composites against fire and fungal decay JF - Polymer degradation and stability N2 - Flame retarded wood-plastic composites (WPCs) should allow safe application in areas of fire risk. Halogen-free flame retardants can contain high amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus or sulphur, which may serve as nutrition source for wood degrading fungi and accelerate wood decay. Therefore, the material resistance of WPCs with each of four flame retardants against both fire or fungal decay was examined in comparison to WPC without flame retardant. Expandable graphite showed the best performance against fire in cone calorimetry and radiant panel testing. Two ammonium polyphosphates and a third nitrogen-containing flame retardant were not as effective. Contrary to the possibility that flame retardants might enhance fungal decay of WPC, the opposite effect occurred in case of the wood-degrading fungi Trametes versicolor and Coniophora puteana according to determination of mass loss and decrease of bending modulus of elasticity. Only the surface mould Alternaria alternata slightly increased the degradation of WPCs with nitrogen-containing flame retardants compared to WPC without flame retardant according to mass loss data and FTIR-ATR analyses. Finally, WPC including expandable graphite as flame retardant was effective against both fire and fungal decay. KW - Wood-plastic composite (WPC) KW - Flame retardants KW - Fire behaviour KW - Fungal decay KW - Fourier transform infrared - attenuated total reflexion (FTIR-ATR) spectroscopy KW - Microscopy PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.03.031 SN - 0141-3910 SN - 1873-2321 VL - 97 IS - 7 SP - 1189 EP - 1196 PB - Applied Science Publ. CY - London AN - OPUS4-26058 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Hofmann-Böllinghaus, Anja T1 - Influence of structure, wood content, moisture and additives on the burning behaviour of wood plastic composites T2 - Fire and materials 2011 - 12th International conference and exhibiton (Proceedings) T2 - Fire and materials 2011 - 12th International conference and exhibiton CY - San Francisco, CA, USA DA - 2011-01-31 PY - 2011 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Interscience Communications AN - OPUS4-24650 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Hofmann-Böllinghaus, Anja T1 - Influence of structure, wood content, moisture and additives on the burning behaviour of wood plastic composites T2 - Fire and Materials - 12th international conference and exhibition T2 - Fire and Materials - 12th international conference and exhibition CY - San Francisco, CA, USA DA - 2011-01-31 PY - 2011 AN - OPUS4-23393 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Hofmann-Böllinghaus, Anja T1 - Fire retardancy of ammonium polyphosphate protected wood plastic composites T2 - 14th European Conference on Composites Materials T2 - 14th European Conference on Composites Materials CY - Budapest, Hungary DA - 2010-06-07 PY - 2010 N1 - Geburtsname von Hofmann-Böllinghaus, Anja: Hofmann, A. - Birth name of Hofmann-Böllinghaus, Anja: Hofmann, A. AN - OPUS4-22716 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seefeldt, Henrik A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Hofmann-Böllinghaus, Anja T1 - Development of flame retarded wood plastic composites T2 - Seminarveranstaltung des Fachbereiches Polymerphysik und Polymertechnik, TU Berlin T2 - Seminarveranstaltung des Fachbereiches Polymerphysik und Polymertechnik, TU Berlin CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2010-11-10 PY - 2010 N1 - Geburtsname von Hofmann-Böllinghaus, Anja: Hofmann, A. - Birth name of Hofmann-Böllinghaus, Anja: Hofmann, A. AN - OPUS4-22808 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -