@article{article_585614, title={A COMPARATIVE THERMAL ANALYSIS OF FIRE-OFF TREATED COTTON, POLYESTER AND CO/PET FABRICS}, journal={Textile and Apparel}, volume={29}, pages={311–316}, year={2019}, DOI={10.32710/tekstilvekonfeksiyon.585614}, author={Atakan, Raziye and Özcan, Gülay}, keywords={Micro-scale combustion calorimeter,thermogravimetric analysis,thermal characterization tests,cotton,polyester}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:6pt;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:10pt;" xml:lang="en-us">The present paper
analyzes the potential for commercially available flame-retardant chemical
called Fire-off for enhancing the flame-retardant properties of polyester (PET)
and cotton (Co) fabrics and their corresponding blends (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 (MCC) and Thermogravimetric Analysis (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 (HRC), heat
release rate (HRR), total heat release rate (THR) and peak heat release rate
(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.  </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={4}, publisher={Ege University}, organization={ITU BAP Program for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education}