Material description

Material ID: ACP06-S2

Material type: Aluminium composite panel consisting of an egg-box core with polymer adhesive on both sides - S2 - flat side.

Polymer: Polyethylene (100%)

Additives (fire retardants, fillers or traces of inorganic elements): traces of other elements (<1%)

Table 1. Estimated mass concentration of compounds.
CompoundMass Concentration (%)
Polyethylene (PE)100

A. Material composition identification

A.1 Attenuated total reflection – Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR)

Table 2. FTIR compound identification.
Identified Compounds
Polyethylene (PE)

Figure 1 . FTIR spectra: Absorbance percentage versus wavenumber from the sample.

Figure 2. FTIR spectra: Absorbance percentage versus wavenumber from the sample and the identified compounds.

B. Thermogravimetric analysis

Table 3. Mass fraction of residue after thermal decomposition.

ConditionFraction of mass residue at 800°C
Non-oxidative (nitrogen)0
Oxidative (air)0

Table 4. Temperature and amplitude of main peaks in non-oxidative conditions.

Peak IDTemperature peak (°C)Amplitude of peak (°C-1)
Peak 14812.741 x 10-2

Table 5. Temperature and amplitude of main peaks in oxidative conditions.

Peak IDTemperature peak (°C)Amplitude of peak (°C-1)
Peak 14021.236 x 10-2
Peak 24251.344 x 10-2

Figure 4. Normalised mass (solid line) and derivative of the normalised mass (dashed line) in 150 ml min-1 of nitrogen and a heating rate of 20°C min-1.

Figure 5. Normalised mass (solid line) and derivative of the normalised mass (dashed line) in 150 ml min-1 of air and a heating rate of 20°C min-1 .