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

Year 2019, Volume: 29 Issue: 4, 311 - 316, 31.12.2019

Raziye Atakan , Gülay Özcan

https://doi.org/10.32710/tekstilvekonfeksiyon.585614

Cited By: 1

Abstract

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. 

Keywords

Micro-scale combustion calorimeter, thermogravimetric analysis, thermal characterization tests, cotton, polyester

Supporting Institution

ITU BAP Program for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education

Project Number

39775

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