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. 2016 Oct 11;8(10):357. doi: 10.3390/polym8100357

Table 10.

Flammability and cone calorimetry (under 35 kW/m2) data for PET treated by CNa- and TNT-based LbL coatings [46].

Sample Horizontal flame spread test Cone calorimetry
Add-on [%] Burning rate [mm/s] Dripping TTI ± σ [s] PHRR ± σ [kW/m2] THR ± σ [MJ/m2] Char yield ± σ [%]
PET (170 g/m2) - 1.5 YES 25 ± 3 117 ± 5 1.1 ± 0.1 27 ± 2
4 BL Chi/CNa 2.1 Not assessed 17 ± 2 90 ± 6 1.0 ± 0.3 31 ± 1
8 BL Chi/CNa 3 1.9 NO 15 ± 2 73 ± 7 0.9 ± 0.2 34 ± 3
4 BL Chi/TNT 5.1 Not assessed 17 ± 3 99 ± 9 1.0 ± 0.5 27 ± 3
8 BL Chi/TNT 7.2 1.6 YES 14 ± 4 84 ± 6 1.0 ± 0.2 30 ± 2
2 QL Chi/CNa/ Chi/TNT 2 Not assessed 16 ± 2 77 ± 5 0.8 ± 0.1 35 ± 2
4 QL Chi/CNa/ Chi/TNT 4.1 2.0 NO 13 ± 2 61 ± 6 0.7 ± 0.3 42 ± 1