How do you calculate char content of a polymer (a carbon source)?

Megha Sharma @Megha_Sharma13

05 May 2017 1 9K Report

for calculating char content of a carbon-source such as polyimide

Gyorgy Banhegyi

Dear Megha,

The char yield of polymers varies widely with the structure, it can be determined only empirically, see e.g.

http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire99/PDF/f99085.pdf

http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/fire96/PDF/f96135.pdf

http://www.ewp.rpi.edu/hartford/~ernesto/F2012/EP/MaterialsforStudents/Patel/Beyler_Hirschler_SFPE_Handbook_3.pdf

http://www.iafss.org/publications/fss/3/537/view/fss_3-537.pdf

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/6653.pdf

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