List of contributors

Editors:

Professor A Richard Horrocks

Dean, Faculty of Technology Bolton Institute Deane Road Bolton BL3 5AB UK

Tel: 01204 903831 Fax: 01204 381107 E-mail: arh1@bolton.ac.uk

Professor Dennis Price

Fire Chemistry Research Group

School of Sciences

The University of Salford

Salford

Manchester M5 4WT UK

Tel: 0161 295 4262 Fax: 0161 295 5222 E-mail: d.price@salford.ac.uk

Chapter 1: Introduction

Professor D Price, Fire Chemistry Research Group, School of Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, Manchester M5 4WT, UK

Dr Geoff Anthony, Great Lakes Chemicals Tenax Road, Trafford Park, Manchester M17 1WT, UK Dr P Carty, Department of Chemical and Life Sciences, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK

Chapter 2: Mechanisms and modes of action in flame retardancy of polymers

Professor Edward D Weil and Professor Menachem Lewin,

Polytechnic University, Six MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York NY 11201, USA E-mail: eweil@poly.edu

Chapter 3: Toxicity of fire retardants in relation to life safety and environmental hazards

Professor D Purser, Fire Research Station, Building Research Establishment, Garston, Watford WD2 7JR, UK Tel: 01923 664000 E-mail: purserd@bre.co.uk

Chapter 4: Textiles

Professor A R Horrocks, Faculty of Technology, Bolton Institute, Deane Road, Bolton BL3 5AB, UK

Chapter 5: Composites

Dr Baljinder Kandola, Faculty of Technology, Bolton Institute, Deane Road, Bolton BL3 5AB, UK Tel: 01204 528851 E-mail: bk1@bolton.ac.uk

Chapter 6: Nanocomposites

Dr Baljinder Kandola

Chapter 7: Recent developments in flame-retarding thermoplastics and thermosets

Dr Paul Joseph and Professor John Ebdon, The Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Dainton Building, Brook Hill, Sheffield, S3 7HF, UK

Chapter 8: Application of halogen flame retardants

Mr Pierre Georlette, Technical Manager, Flame Retardants SBU Dead Sea Bromine Group, PO Box 180, IL 84101 Beer Sheva, Israel

Tel: 00972 8629 8696 Fax: 00972 7629 7846 E-mail: Georlettep@dsbg-com

Chapter 9: Natural polymers, wood and lignocellulosic materials Professor Dr Ryszard Kozlowski and Maria Wladyka-Przybylak, Institute of Natural Fibres, Ul Wojska Polskergo 71b, 60-630, Poznan, Poland Tel: 0048 61 848 006 Fax: 0048 61 8417830 E-mail: Sekretar@iwn.inf.poznan.pl

Chapter 10: Intumescent materials

Professor Giovanni Camino, and S Lomakin, Universita' di Torino, Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Fisica e Chimica del Materiali dell' Università, Via P Giuria, Torino 7 10125, Torino, Italy

Tel: 00390 011 670 7556 Fax: 00390 011 7855 E-mail: camino@silver.ch.unito.it

Chapter 11: Graft copolymerisation as a tool for flame retardancy Dr Charles A Wilkie, Department of Chemistry, Wehr Chemistry Building, Marquette University, POB 1881, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-1881, USA Fax: 001 414 288 7066 E-mail: Charles.wilkie@marquette.edu

Chapter 12: Performance-based test methods for material flammability Dr Björn Karlsson, Department of Fire Safety Engineering, Lund University, Box No. 118, S-22100, Lund, Sweden Tel: 0046 46222 7363 Fax: 0046 46 222 4612 E-mail: bjorn.karlsson@brand.lth.se

Chapter 13: Fire safety design requirements of flame-retarded materials Professor Dougal Drysdale, Fire Research Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 9JL, Scotland Tel: 0131 650 5724 Fax: 0131 667 9238 E-mail: Dougal@s.lvo.edu.ac.uk

Chapter 14: Mathematical modelling

Dr J Staggs, Fuel and Energy Department, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK Tel: 0113 243 1751 Fax: 0113 244 0572 E-mail: j.e.j.staggs@leeds.ac.uk

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