Basics

This page aims to lay out the Plastics which burn the “best” in order to guide design decisions that need that capability
”Best” Can Vary from Application to Application but mainly:
- Low/No Ash Content
- Low/No Halogens (Mainly Fluorine ( FEP , PTFE ) or Chlorine ( PVC , C-PVC etc) or Sulfur to reduce noxious fumes in the smoke ( Acid Rain etc )
- This would be harder to design for, and is less needed in controlled applications such as RDF / LARGE SCALE Investment Casting etc) but ease of complete combustion/minimal monomer release/soot etc (ie NOT Polystyrene )

Applications

Clean Burning Packaging
- Albeit mainly for Coated Paper / things which cannot he shipped in Paper/Cardboard or Metal Containers
Firestarters
- Mainly Waterproof/Moisture Resistant/Volatile Retaining Coatings
Investment Casting
- Ie a “clean” burnout
- This is a somewhat solved problem, so looking into FDM Filaments designed for this, or industrial polymers/waxes etc may lead to good existing products/formulations
Pyrotechnics
- Nitrocellulose Lacquer on Fuse would be one such example