Material description

Material ID: SRK08-S1

Material type: Polypropylene backing sandwiched between two layers of glass fibre reinforced aluminium foil.

Polymer: Polypropylene (-%)

Additives (fire retardants, fillers or traces of inorganic elements): Aluminium (87%), Magnesium (1%), Calcium (1%), Sodium (1%), Chlorine (1%), traces of other elements (<1%)

 

Table 1. Estimated mass concentration of compounds.
CompoundMass Concentration (%)
Polypropylene (PP)-
Aluminium (Al)87
Magnesium (Mg)1
Calcium (Ca)1
Sodium (Na)1
Chlorine (Cl)1
Traces of titanium (Ti)<1
Traces of iron (Fe)<1
Traces of antimony (Sb)<1
Traces of silicon (Si)<1

A. Material composition identification

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

Table 2. FTIR compound identification.
Identified Compounds
Polypropylene (PP)

A.2 Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF)

Table 2. Inorganic elements and their mass concentration identified with EDXRF.
ElementMass Concentration (%)
Al87
Mg1
Ca1
Na1
Cl1
Ti<1
Fe<1
Sb<1
Si<1
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Figure 3. EDXRF spectra. Counts vs energy. Identified elements are shown as vertical lines.

B. Thermogravimetric analysis

Table 3. Mass fraction of residue after thermal decomposition.
ConditionFraction of mass residue at 800°C
Non-oxidative (nitrogen)0.03
Oxidative (air)0.07
Table 4. Temperature and amplitude of main peaks in non-oxidative conditions.
Peak IDTemperature peak (°C)Amplitude of peak (°C-1)
Peak 14811.666 x 10-2
Table 5. Temperature and amplitude of main peaks in oxidative conditions.
Peak IDTemperature peak (°C)Amplitude of peak (°C-1)
Peak 14169.96 x 10-3
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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.
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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 .