Details of Grant

EPSRC Reference:

GR/R72990/01

Title:

Fire Retardant Innovation through Flame and Residue Analysis (FRITFARA)

Principal Investigator:

Other Investigators:

Researcher Co-Investigators:

Professor N Allen	Dr P Carty	Professor D Drysdale
Professor JR Ebdon	Dr F Gao	Professor P Hornsby
Professor AR Horrocks	Professor B Kandola	Dr CM Liauw
Professor J Liggat	Professor E Metcalfe	Professor A Platten
Professor D Price	Dr JEJ Staggs	Dr J Tetteh
Dr M Thomas

Project Partners:

Fire Testing Technology Ltd	Itri Ltd	Scapa
Thales Ltd

Department:

Inst for Materials Research

Organisation:

University of Salford

Scheme:

Standard Research (Pre-FEC)

Starts:

30 June 2002

Ends:

31 July 2003

Value (£):

63,289

EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:

Analytical Science

Materials Characterisation

EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:

Aerospace, Defence and Marine	Manufacturing
Chemicals	Construction
R&D

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Panel History:

Summary on Grant Application Form

The proposed network will bring together all those developing new fire retardant materials in the UK. It will combine the different analytical expertise needed for polymer chemistry, polymer processing, materials characterisation, smoke and fire gas analysis, analysis of residues, thermal analysisand modelling of various aspects of burning, and apply this to the various novel methods of imparting flame retardancy, such as the formation of intumescent layers, the use of nanocomposites, halogen free and reactive fire retardant apporaches etc. It will facilitate exchange visits for research students and PDRA's to other institutions, research organisations or industry, and help to cover the cost of such exchanges. It will also organise focused meetings around the major themes of fire retardant materials development, with particular focus on pooling the different analytical information obtained from various studies, in order to improve our understanding of the mechanisms of fire retardant action.A web-site will be set up, and kept up to date, as an international showcase of UK fire research, showing how our techniques can be synergistically combined to provide answers which will fuel the development of new fire retardant materials.

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http://www.salford.ac.uk