Table 3.
TGA-FTIR gas/volatile absorption intensities (A) collected under air and N2, normalised to respective pure PA66 values (A = 1.00). The compositions of these samples correspond to those in Table 1 and Table 2. Those samples marked with an asterix (*) have the best fire performance.
| Sample | CO2 (Air) |
CO2 (N2) |
NH3 (Air) |
NH3 (N2) |
CHx (Air) |
CHx (N2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| BrPS | 0.76 | 0.33 | 1.27 | 1.01 | 1.24 | 1.24 |
| BrPBz | 0.77 | 0.63 | 0.97 | 1.58 | 1.43 | 2.54 |
| ZnW | 1.06 | 0.92 | 1.16 | 1.24 | 1.11 | 1.34 |
| SnW | 1.04 | 1.30 | 1.55 | 2.03 | 1.26 | 1.87 |
| SnW-BrPS | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.21 | 2.24 | 1.34 | 1.50 |
| SnW-BrPBz | 1.09 | 0.73 | 2.01 | 2.37 | 1.51 | 1.59 |
| ZnW-BrPS * | 1.06 | 0.92 | 1.28 | 1.75 | 1.32 | 0.55 |
| ZnW-BrPBz * | 1.91 | 0.50 | 1.73 | 1.28 | 0.77 | 0.28 |