Layered silicate polymer nanocomposites: new approach or illusion for fire retardancy? Investigations of the potentials and the tasks using a model system

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Some comments on the use of cone calorimeter data (2005, methodology): “% layered silicate PP-g-MA nanocomposite as they were reported in the literature [15], and of the same materials measured in the sample holder setup modified with the Cu block to rule out the thermal feedback from the back of the sample.”
Polymer/layered silicate (clay) nanocomposites: An overview of flame retardancy (2010, background): “What is more, clay fillers, promoting polymer degradation, may increase the probability of an earlier ignition [13,85,115].”
Recent developments in the fire retardancy of polymeric materials (2013, background): “if used in polypropylene and polyamides, a V-rating is achieved by extinguishing the fire [8, 10, 125].”
Flame‐retardant unsaturated polyester resin incorporating nanoclays (2006, background): “In addition to transmission electron microscopy (TEM), which was not available for this study, the characterisation of nanocomposite structures in a polymer can be identified by monitoring the position, shape and intensity of the basal spacing in the lower 2θ region (2-10).”