Influence of the molecular weight of PPO resins and char-forming behavior of polymeric additives on the flame retardancy of EPDM formulations

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1405-1414

  Zhu, Weiming ^a   Weil, Edward D ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Char forming polymer; Charforming rate; EPDM polymer; Flame retardancy; Oxygen index; UL 94 test

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; FLAME RETARDANTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; POLYPHENYLENE OXIDES;

CHAR FORMING POLYMERS; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE ELASTOMER;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0031999958     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4628(19980222)67:8<1405::AID-APP6>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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