An increasing number of structures are being made from fibre reinforced composites. For example, on aircraft, some crucial components are generally made from carbon fibre reinforced composites using an insulating epoxy matrix. Furthermore, standard epoxy resins are highly flammable and produce large quantities of smoke and toxic gases. Their increasing commercial utilization may bring these polymers into fire situations at any time, adding urgency to the development of effective and environmental friendly flame retardant systems to reduce fire hazards. Commercially available flame retardants can be highly effective but they have some important disadvantages, like, negatively affecting the resin workability, the quality (physical and mechanical properties) of the final product, in addition to being harmful. The concept of nanoscale flame retardants provides opportunity for synthesis of new polymer materials with unique properties. Nano-magnesium hydroxide, nano-Mg(OH)₂, could also represent a rational alternative to the conventionally filled epoxy because they have distinct advantages over traditional flame retardants on its related problem areas.

The purpose of this work is to study the effect of nano-Mg(OH)₂ and carbon fibers on flammability properties, such as the time-to-ignition, heat release rate, smoke production, and CO₂ yield. For that, several samples were prepared by an ultrasonic mixing method and fire reaction tests were performed in Cone Calorimeter.

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