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Effect of Dimethylol Urea as a Flame Retardant Formulation on Some Cellulosic Fabric Materials
Author(s) -
Garba B.,
Eboatu A. N.,
Abdulrahman F. W.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1018(199605)20:3<155::aid-fam557>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - fire retardant , cellulosic ethanol , urea , materials science , cellulose , composite material , polymer science , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , waste management , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
Samples of unscoured, scoured, bleached and mercerized cellulosic fabrics were treated with dimethylol urea (DMU). It was observed that this treatment imparted to the fabrics flame retardant (FR) characteristics. These observations were interpreted in terms of the fact that DMU reacts bifunctionally with glucopyronosyl hydroxyls in such a way that a three‐dimensional (hence more stable) structure develops in addition to the possibility of release of acid residues within the flaming zone.