Predicting thermally thin burning of polymer using TGA/DSC

dc.contributor.advisorQuintiere, James Gen_US
dc.contributor.authorKIM, MEKYOUNGen_US
dc.contributor.departmentFire Protection Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-02-01T20:23:46Z
dc.date.available2007-02-01T20:23:46Z
dc.date.issued2006-12-15en_US
dc.description.abstractThe flammability properties of pure Nylon 6 and Nylon with nano-clay of 5 % are examined in this study, TGA/DSC data were obtained with a variety of heating rates. The decomposition rate was found from the analysis of TGA data based on the mass loss fraction. The rate of reaction was described by a first-order Arrhenius equation in terms of the active species and the char fraction. DSC yields the change of enthalpy of material as a function of temperature under the controlled temperature heating. The value of the temperature dependent specific heat capacity and heats of melting and decomposition of the materials were determined. With the kinetic and thermodynamic properties from TGA/DSC, the burning rate of thin polymers under radiant heat was formulated. The model results will be in terms of the derived TGA/DSC kinetic and thermodynamic properties compared to the data from the cone calorimeter experiments.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/4215
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Generalen_US
dc.titlePredicting thermally thin burning of polymer using TGA/DSCen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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