New flame retardant nanocomposites and advanced manufacturing methods

阻燃材料(FRM)及其制造方法对加拿大制造业的许多部门至关重要。FRM在航空航天、通信、汽车和交通运输行业、客户和建筑产品、储能设备和其他应用的各种商业产品中有许多应用。新的联邦法规禁止有毒的FRM，这种有毒的FRM通常用于各种产品，必须由环境友好的材料取代。与先进陶瓷公司(ACC)的合作将致力于先进FRM和新的商业制造方法的开发和测试。我们的创新方法专注于高效环保陶瓷FRM的开发和制造，以及它们在飞行数据记录器黑匣子高级绝缘和航空航天工业涂料中的应用。ACC有兴趣大规模生产新型无毒陶瓷FRM，用于其他加拿大制造商的产品。该研究为复合氢氧化物的合成和具有重建性能的FRM的开发提供了重要的创新。拟议的工作将基于麦克马斯特大学首创的新技术的进一步根本性进展，例如使用螯合分散剂进行纳米材料的胶体加工、螯合聚合物和络合物的胶体加工、纤维纳米颗粒的无模板合成、氢氧化物的液-液萃取、常温下的固态合成和沸腾床水解。该项目的好处将包括向行政协调会和其他参与可持续生产含有森林资源管理产品的公司转让新技术。先进的FRM和新产品的制造将使ACC能够提高产量，降低产品成本，并为新的应用开发产品。这项工作将允许许多业务优势，并增强ACC在包含FRM产品领域的业务优势。拟议的工作满足了加拿大工业在先进制造、纳米技术、材料科学和FRM、陶瓷和聚合物工程方面的需求。

Flame retardant materials (FRM) and methods of their manufacturing are vital for many sectors of Canadian manufacturing industry. FRM have many applications in various commercial products for aerospace, communication, automotive and transportation industries, customer and building products, energy storage devices and other applications. New Federal regulations banned toxic FRM, which are commonly used in various products and must be replaced by environmentally friendly materials. The collaborative work with Advanced Ceramic Corporation (ACC) will target the development and testing of advanced FRM and new commercial manufacturing methods. Our innovative approach is focused on the development and manufacturing of efficient environmentally friendly ceramic FRM and their applications in advanced insulation for black boxes of flight data recorders and coatings for aerospace industry. ACC is interested in mass scale production of new non-toxic ceramic FRM for application in products of other Canadian manufacturers. The research offers important innovations in synthesis of complex hydroxides and development of FRM with reconstruction properties. The proposed work will be based on further fundamental advances in new technologies, pioneered at McMaster University, such as colloidal processing of nanomaterials using chelating dispersants, chelating polymers and complexes, template free synthesis of fibrous nanoparticles, liquid-liquid extraction of hydroxides , solid state synthesis at ambient conditions and fluidized bed hydrolysis. The benefits of this project will include the transfer of new technology to ACC and other companies involved in the sustainable manufacturing of FRM containing products. The manufacturing of advanced FRM and new products will allow ACC to increase production, reduce the product cost and develop products for new applications. This work will allow many business advantages and enhance ACC business superiority in the field of FRM containing products. The proposed work meets the need of Canadian industry in HQP in advanced manufacturing, nanotechnology, materials science and engineering of FRM, ceramics and polymers.