A COMPARATIVE THERMAL ANALYSIS OF FIRE-OFF TREATED COTTON, POLYESTER AND CO/PET FABRICS

Authors : Raziye ATAKAN, Gülay ÖZCAN

Pages : 311-316

Doi:10.32710/tekstilvekonfeksiyon.585614

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Publication Date : 2019-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The present paper analyzes the potential for commercially available flame-retardant chemical called Fire-off for enhancing the flame-retardant properties of polyester insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PET); and cotton insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Co); fabrics and their corresponding blends insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Co/PET);. Fire-off was applied to the fabric through impregnation method and the resulting properties of these fabrics were assessed in terms of combustion behavior by use of a micro cone calorimeter insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MCC); and Thermogravimetric Analysis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TGA);. TGA results revealed that Fire-off could greatly enhance char residues of cotton, polyester and Co/PET fabrics at high temperature region. MCC results showed that Fire-off treatment could significantly decrease the heat release capacity insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HRC);, heat release rate insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(HRR);, total heat release rate insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(THR); and peak heat release rate insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(pHRR); of cotton, polyester and Co/PET fabrics. According to comparison results, a near-perfect agreement between MCC and TGA data were found in terms of degradation temperatures and mass loss rates of fabric samples. 
Keywords : Micro scale combustion calorimeter, thermogravimetric analysis, thermal characterization tests, cotton, polyester

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