Analysis of Flame Retardancy in Polymer Science is a scientific/practical book that is conceptualized, designed, and written for students, early-career researchers, and junior engineers to explain the basic principles of fire analysis/characterization methods/methodologies, from flammability, ignition, and fire spread to forced convection and related analyses and to elucidate the mechanisms underlying flame retardancy in both gas and condensed phases followed by correlation between laboratory- and real-scale fire analyses as well as fire analysis from an industrial standpoint. This book is also an indispensable resource for identifying and mounting the latest achievements in fire analysis/characterization methods to frame the effects of fire evaluation strategies to be utilized for research and development. The book also gives a broad description of fire analysis related to different standards and regulations for different applications in different geographic zones.

• Includes the background, fundamental, and modern features of techniques of characterization of fire and flame behavior
• Provides an overview of the major techniques used in fire analysis of flame-retardant polymers
• Characterizes different types of materials at small, bench, and real-life scale
• Offers a comprehensive overview of fire behavior and testing and associated toxicity issues
• Integrates the scientific, technical, standard, regulation, and industrial aspects of fire analysis into a book for future developments in the field

1. Fundamentals: Flammability, ignition, and fire spread in polymers2. Forced combustion: Cone calorimetry3. Microscale forced combustion: Pyrolysis-combustion flow calorimetry (PCFC)4. Evaluation of gas phase: Mechanisms and analyses5. Evaluation of gas phase: Smoke and toxicity analysis6. Evaluation of condensed phase: Char/residue analysis7. Analysis of fire resistance of materials8. Characterization of high-temperature polymers for extreme environments9. Correlation between laboratory- and real-scale fire analyses10. Fire analysis tests from industrial point of view