TY - JOUR A1 - Goedecke, Caroline A1 - Mülow-Stollin, Ulrike A1 - Hering, S. A1 - Richter, Janine A1 - Piechotta, Christian A1 - Paul, Andrea A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - A first pilot study on the sorption of environmental pollutants on various microplastic materials N2 - With the drastic increase in plastic production, the input of plastic particles into the environment has become a recognised problem. Xenobiotics are able to sorb to polymer materials, and this process is further enhanced where they Encounter microplastics (plastic fragments <5 mm). In this work we studied the sorption of metformin, a type-2 diabetes drug, and difenoconazole, a fungicide, onto the virgin polymer materials polyamide (PA), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS). Additionally, PP was cryo-milled and PA was treated with acid to investigate the influence of an increase in surface area and chemical modification. The material properties were also studied by dynamic scanning calorimetry (DSC), gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Sorption experiments were performed on the basis of a full factorial design examining the effect of agitation, pH value, and salinity. Experimental results showed that difenoconazole sorbs readily to all microplastics, whereas the more polar analyte metformin did not show any affinity to the materials used. For difenoconazole the governing factor in all cases is agitation, while both pH and salinity exhibited only a slight influence. The modification of polymers leads to enhanced sorption, indicating that an increase in surface area (cryo-milled PP) or inner volume (acid-treated PA) strongly favours adsorption. Moreover, long-term experiments demonstrated that the time until equilibrium is reached depends strongly on the particle size. KW - Difenoconazole KW - Metformin KW - Plastic debris KW - Polymer KW - Dynamic scanning calorimetry PY - 2017 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-402393 DO - https://doi.org/10.4172/2380-2391.1000191 SN - 2380-2391 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - Article 1000191, 1 EP - 8 PB - Omics International CY - Los Angeles AN - OPUS4-40239 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - THES A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - Wirkungsmechanismen von Rotem Phosphor als Flammschutzmittel in Thermoplasten N2 - Das Brandverhalten von Rotem Phosphor in HIPS, PBT und PA66 wurde untersucht. Es wurde gezeigt, wie die Wirksamkeit von Rotem Phosphor in HIPS and PBT durch Kombination mit anderen Flammschutzmitteln zu verbessern ist. N2 - Polymers are flammable due to their chemical nature. As a consequence they must be treated with flame-retardants before they can be used in fields with high flammability risks, such as transport, electronic devices and building construction. The use of red phosphorus as a fire retardant has been encouraged because it is an environmentally friendly alternative to halogenated compounds. The intention of this thesis was to evaluate the potential of red phosphorus as a flame retardant and to determine its fire-retardant mechanisms in different thermoplastics. The thermal decomposition and combustion behaviour of HIPS, PBT and PA66 containing red phosphorus was studied. It further investigated how the activity and efficiency of red phosphorus in HIPS and PBT was influenced by additional flame retardants such as melamine polyphosphate, melamine cyanurate and magnesium hydroxide. The decomposition process was characterized by means of different thermogravimetric methods (TG-FTIR, TG-MS), and the combustion behaviour by cone calorimeter measurements at various external heat fluxes. The flammability was investigated with LOI and the residue of combustion was analysed by means of XPS. Based on these results models for decomposition process were postulated. Red phosphorus can act both by promoting char formation in the condensed phase, and through radical trapping in the gas phase. Red phosphorus acts in the condensed phase in PA66, and in the gas phase in HIPS. In PBT both mechanisms were observed, depending on the pH value. When red phosphorus is combined with fuel-dilution additives such as melamine species in HIPS and PBT, both flame retardants act independently. The combustion behaviour of the combined material can be described by superposition of the distinct flame-retarded materials. In the presence of a barrier former, such as magnesium hydroxide in HIPS, the gas-phase mechanism of red phosphorus remains unaffected; however, a slight anti-synergism results. This is based on formation of a magnesium phosphate barrier, which influences the efficiency of phosphorus as a radical trap. The results showed that the activity of phosphorus as a flame retardant in thermoplastics depends on the water content of the polymer, the pH value and the presence of functional groups in the polymer. The efficiency of phosphorus as a flame retardant in the condensed and gas phases depends on combustion conditions. T3 - BAM Dissertationsreihe - 10 KW - Roter Phosphor KW - Flammschutzmittel KW - Thermoplasten PY - 2005 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-1486 SN - 978-3-86509-303-5 SN - 1613-4249 VL - 10 SP - 1 EP - 164 PB - Wirtschaftsverlag NW CY - Bremerhaven AN - OPUS4-148 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - Phosphorus components as flame retardant T2 - BASF - Flammschutzseminar CY - Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany DA - 2006-07-13 PY - 2006 AN - OPUS4-12569 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - Beständigkeit von Medizinprodukten T2 - Life Science Day 2012 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2012-06-08 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-26013 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - Beständigkeit von Polymeren: Verständnis molekularer Mechanismen T2 - JKU, Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing, Seminar lecture CY - Linz, Austria DA - 2013-05-29 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-28603 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Stark, Wolfgang A1 - Teteris, Gundars A1 - Braun, Ulrike A1 - Bohmeyer, W. A1 - Lange, K. T1 - Kontrolle der Vernetzungsreaktion bei reaktiven Harzen - DSC, Rheologie, DMA, FTIR und Online-Ultraschall im Vergleich N2 - Faserverbundbauteile werden durch Tränkung von Fasergewebe mit flüssigem Harz, in der Regel Epoxidharzen, und anschließender Härtung des Harzes gefertigt. Dabei kann man das Gewebe im Vorfeld mit reaktivem Harz tränken und als so genanntes Prepreg verarbeiten oder man injiziert das frisch mit dem Härter gemischte Harz in ein Werkzeug, in dem das Gewebe bereits liegt - z. B. beim RTM-Prozess. Ausgehend von der Aufgabenstellung, eine Prepregherstellung mit hohem Qualitätsstandard zu realisieren und Möglichkeiten der Fertigungskontrolle für den Prepreg-Verarbeiter aufzuzeigen, wurde an einem für die Prepregherstellung vorgesehenen Harzsystem eine weitgehende Charakterisierung des Aushärtungsverlaufs vorgenommen. Wegen der Schwierigkeit, schnell konstante Aushärtungstemperaturen zu erreichen, wurden bei allen Methoden mit einer Heizrate von 1 K/min von RT bis 200 °C aufgeheizt. T2 - Technomer 2011 - 22. Fachtagung über Verarbeitung und Anwendung von Polymeren CY - Chemnitz, Deutschland DA - 10.11.2011 KW - Thermoanalyse KW - Lineare Aufheizung KW - Online Prozesskontrolle KW - Epoxidharz KW - Prepreg PY - 2011 SN - 978-3-939382-10-2 IS - Kap. 1.1 SP - 1 EP - 9 AN - OPUS4-24910 LA - deu 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 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 - CONF A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - Wirkungsmechanismen von Rotem Phosphor als Flammschutzmittel in Polymeren T2 - Disputation im Rahmen des Promotionsverfahrens am Institut für Chemie der FU Berlin CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2004-12-01 PY - 2004 AN - OPUS4-6370 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - Roter Phosphor als Flammschutzmittel? T2 - Vortragsreihe im Institut für Chemie der FU Berlin CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2004-10-22 PY - 2004 AN - OPUS4-6394 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Braun, Ulrike T1 - Understanding the Molecular Degradation Behavior of Polymers T2 - BASF Flammschutztag CY - Mannheim, Germany DA - 2013-10-28 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-29330 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -