Polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites as high performance ablative materials

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 67-92

  Vaia, Richard A ^a   Price, Gary ^b   Ruth, Patrick N ^a   Nguyen, Hieu T ^a   Lichtenhan, Joseph ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Decomposition; Intumes cent; Nanocomposites; Poly(caprolactam); Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ABLATIVE MATERIALS; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLAY MINERALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NYLON POLYMERS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

INTUMESCENCE; POLYCAPROLACTAM; POLYMER LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

ABLATION; CLAY MINERAL; POLYMER; REINFORCEMENT;

FIBERFILL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER; REINFORCEMENT; SORPTION;

EID: 0032708460     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1317(99)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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