TY  - JOUR
TI  - Application of Sodium silicate as a halogen-free flame-retardant and evaluate its effectiveness on the flame-retardancy of Polypropylene fabric
AU  - Ahrari, Mazyar
AU  - Erkoc, Ertugrul
AU  - Kut, Y. Dilek
T2  - Industria Textila
AB  - A halogen-free flame-retardant was synthesized using Silica gel and Sodium hydroxide within the scope of the study.
The Polypropylene (PP) fabric was treated with the synthesized Sodium Silicate to investigate its thermal behaviour. The
limiting oxygen index (LOI) value of the Polypropylene fabrics dramatically increased after finishing with Sodium silicate
and the 50.4% noteworthy LOI value was achieved. The Sodium silicate-treated PP fabrics exhibited a 30.1% LOI value
even after washing, compared to the neat PP LOI value which was reported to be 16.4%. The surface modification of
the Polypropylene fabric following the plasma treatment was evaluated by elemental mapping, surface topography
images, and contact angle measurements and the homogeneity of the Sodium silicate coating was evaluated by
Scanning electron microscopy.
DA  - 2024/06/28/
PY  - 2024
DO  - 10.35530/IT.075.03.202377
DP  - DOI.org (Crossref)
VL  - 75
IS  - 03
SP  - 327
EP  - 337
SN  - 12225347
UR  - https://www.revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2024/3/010%20MAZYAR%20AHRARI%20INDUSTRIA%20TEXTILA%20no.3_2024.pdf
Y2  - 2024/07/02/19:14:44
ER  -