Nanocomposites: A revolutionary new flame retardant approach

SAMPE Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 40-46

  Gilman, Jeffrey W ^a   Kashiwagi, Takashi ^a   Lichtenhan, Joseph D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CALORIMETERS; CLAY; COMBUSTION; FIRE HAZARDS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; MASS TRANSFER; NYLON POLYMERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONE CALORIMETER; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); NYLON CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0031190532     PISSN: 00911062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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