Objective
Polymer composites have been developed to a stage where they are replacing the more traditional concrete, metal and wood products. Where fire resistance is critical, resins such as polyesters and methylmethacrylates are modified with additives to reduce flammability and smoke emission. A potentially more attractive option is to use phenolic resins which offer low cost and smoke emission as well as excellent resistance to fire events. Unfortunately, the wider use of these materials is held back by difficulties in processing and the health and safety risks of fumes when open moulds or resin baths are used. This project will develop closed mould RTM phenolic processing technology for conventional glass fibre reinforcements and for natural fibres of Jute and Flax, specifically treated for bio-composites application. The natural fibres will be used in felt and fabric form either separately or with glass fibre facings to develop low cost, fire resistant panels. Successful completion of this project should increase the market for fire resistant panels and mouldings, offering performance improvements up to 30 %, by reducing voids to 2 % or less and offering lighter, lower cost panels, if natural fibres can be successfully incorporated.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesbiocomposites
- natural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciences
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
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LE14 2UX Melton Mowbray
United Kingdom