TY - JOUR A1 - Sanchez Olivares, G. A1 - Battig, Alexander A1 - Goller, Sebastian M. A1 - Rockel, Daniel A1 - Ramirez Gonzáles, V. A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - Imparting Fire Retardancy and Smoke Suppression to Leather during Tanning Processes N2 - Leather is considered a luxury good when used in seating and upholstery. To improve safety, flame retardancy in leather is usually achieved through various finishing processes such as spray or roller coating. These treatments require processing steps that cost time and are laborintensive. One avenue to achieving flame retardancy in leather is to add flame retardants during the tanning process. However, the influence on flame retardancy exerted by specific intumescent additives specifically added during leather tanning has yet to be investigated. This work explores the roles played by intumescent additive compounds in flame retarding leather when they are added during tanning instead of applied as a coating. Via a systematic investigation of various compound mixtures, the flame retardant effects in the condensed and the gas phases are elucidated. The results show a strong impact of melamine in the gas phase and of polyphosphates in the condensed phase. Their impact was quantified in fire and smoke analysis, showing a 14% reduction in the peak of heat release rate, strongly reduced burning lengths, and a 20% reduction in total smoke release compared to nontreated leather. These results illuminate the key role played by specific compounds in the flame retardancy of leather, particularly when they are added specifically during the tanning process instead of being applied as a coating. This method has great potential to reduce processing steps, lower costs, and improve material safety. KW - Leather KW - Fire protection KW - Intumescent additives KW - Smoke suppression PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-564777 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c05633 SN - 2470-1343 VL - 7 IS - 48 SP - 44156 EP - 44169 PB - ACS AN - OPUS4-56477 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hupp, Vitus A1 - Schartel, Bernhard A1 - Flothmeier, K. A1 - Hartwig, A. T1 - Adhesive Tapes in Bonded Materials Fire Risk or Protective Layer? N2 - In the recent years, more and more products in construction and automotive industry are bonded by adhesive tapes instead of mechanical fasteners but there is no sufficient understanding of how these bonded, layered materials behave in fires. Our research project gives an insight of how adhesives and substrates interact with each other in different fire scenarios and how flame retardants function in pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tapes. A systematic investigation on the burning behavior of PSA tapes as free-standing films, as top layers on different substrates and as sandwich-like adhesive joints was performed. The burning behavior of free-standing PSA tapes and those used as a coating was significantly improved by using phosphorus-based flame retardants. Furthermore, it was shown that, depending on tape structure and substrate, the PSA tape can lower the fire risk by acting as an intermediate protection layer in bonded materials. T2 - Fire and Polymers CY - Napa, California, USA DA - 05.06.2022 KW - Pressure Sensitive Adhesives KW - Tapes KW - Fire Behavior KW - Bonded Materials PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55094 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - Sustainability Meets Flame Retardancy – Fun, Food for Thought, or Future N2 - Überblick über den State-of-the-Art und aktuelle Trends mit den Schwerpunkten: - nachwachsende Rohstoffe in flammgeschützten Polymerwerkstoffen (flammgeschützte Biopolymere und Biokomposite; biomass-basierte Flammschutzmittel, nachwachsende Hilfsstoffe aus Abfallströmen) - Nachhaltigkeit und Flammschutz - Konzepte von Analogie bis Out-of-the-Box. T2 - IK 2022, 10. Institutskolloquium Biozide & Flammschutzmittel - Materialien, Anwendungen und Trends CY - Weißandt-Gölzau, Germany DA - 11.10.2022 KW - Nachhaltigkeit KW - Nachwachsende Rohstoffe KW - Flammschutz KW - Biopolymerkomposite PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-55983 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chan, Yin Yam A1 - Ma, C. A1 - Zhou, F. A1 - Hu, Y. A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - A liquid phosphorous flame retardant combined with expandable graphite or melamine in flexible polyurethane foam N2 - A systematic series of flexible polyurethane foams (FPUF) with different concentrations of flame retardants, bis([dimethoxyphosphoryl]methyl) phenyl phosphate (BDMPP), and melamine (MA) or expandable graphite (EG) was prepared. The mechanical properties of the FPUFs were evaluated by a universal testing machine. The pyrolysis behaviors and the evolved gas analysis were done by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and TGA coupled with Fourier-transform infrared (TG-FTIR), respectively. The fire behaviors were studied by limiting oxygen index (LOI), UL 94 test for horizontal burning of cellular materials (UL 94 HBF), and cone calorimeter measurement. Scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) was used to examine the cellular structure's morphology and the postfire char residue of the FPUFs. LOI and UL 94 HBF tests of all the flame retarded samples show improved flame retardancy. BDMPP plays an essential role in the gas phase because it significantly reduces the effective heat of combustion (EHC). This study highlights the synergistic effect caused by the combination of BDMPP and EG. The measured char yield from TGA is greater than the sum of individual effects. No dripping phenomenon occurs during burning for FPUF-BDMPP-EGs, as demonstrated by the result of the UL 94 HBF test. EG performs excellently on smoke suppression during burning, as evident in the result of the cone calorimeter test. MA reduces the peak heat release rate (pHRR) significantly. The synergistic effect of the combination of BDMPP and EG as well as MA offers an approach to enhance flame retardancy and smoke suppression. KW - Bis([dimethoxyphosphoryl]methyl) phenyl phosphate KW - Expandable graphite KW - Flexible polyurethane foam KW - melamine KW - phosphorous flame retardant PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-541840 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/pat.5519 SN - 1099-1581 VL - 33 IS - 1 SP - 326 EP - 339 PB - Wiley AN - OPUS4-54184 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chan, Yin Y. A1 - Schartel, Bernhard T1 - It takes two to Tango: Industrial Benchmark PU-Foams with expandable Graphite/P-Flame Retardant Combinations N2 - Polyurethane foams (PUF) are generally flammable, so they are limited in some applications due to strict fire safety requirements. In this study, three distinct industrial benchmark polyurethane foams containing synergistic combinations of expandable graphite (EG) and phosphorous flame retardants (P-FR) were investigated one by one for their fire performance and smoke behavior. This paper aims to substantiate the hypothesis that the combination of EG and P-FR used in polyurethane foams yields a top-notch composite in terms of flame retardancy and smoke behavior by meeting the demanding requirement of low maximum average heat emission (MARHE) and smoke emission in a variety of applications, like advanced materials in construction, lightweight materials for railways, and more. KW - Polyurethane foam KW - Expandable graphite KW - Phosphorus flame retardant PY - 2022 SN - 0948-3276 SN - 0022-9520 VL - 75 IS - 6 SP - 39 EP - 46 PB - Hüthig AN - OPUS4-56501 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -