A TGA study correlating polymer characteristics with smoke and flammability properties of polyester and phenolic resins

Engineering & Materials Science

• Air 5%
• Composite materials 6%
• Degradation 15%
• Density (optical) 16%
• Fires 8%
• Flammability 78%
• Gases 12%
• Marine applications 14%
• Nitrogen 10%
• Oxygen 17%
• Phenolic resins 87%
• Polyester resins 86%
• Polyesters 22%
• Polymers 47%
• Resins 9%
• Smoke 66%
• Styrene 24%
• Thermodynamic stability 11%
• Thermogravimetric analysis 72%

Physics & Astronomy

• air 6%
• composite materials 6%
• degradation 16%
• flames 19%
• flammability 88%
• gases 11%
• nitrogen 7%
• optical density 12%
• oxygen 13%
• phenolic resins 100%
• polyester resins 94%
• polyesters 24%
• polymers 38%
• products 6%
• ratings 13%
• resins 10%
• smoke 82%
• styrenes 24%
• test chambers 15%
• thermal stability 9%

Chemical Compounds

• Amount 2%
• Application 2%
• Composite Material 3%
• Degradation Product 6%
• Fire 7%
• Flammability 77%
• Nitrogen 3%
• Oxygen Index 15%
• Polyester 57%
• Smoke 74%
• Styrene 10%
• Thermal Stability 4%
• Thermogravimetric Analysis 46%
• Toxic Gas 17%