Flame retardancy of some ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer-based formulations

Fire and Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-164

  Zilberman, J ^a,c   Hull, T R ^a   Price, D ^a   Milnes, G J ^a   Keen, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BICC Cables Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c IMI TAMI Institute for Research and Development Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGENTS; CALORIMETRY; CARBONIZATION; COMBUSTION; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; PYROLYSIS; SMOKE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CONE CALORIMETRY;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0034187910     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1018(200005/06)24:3<159::AID-FAM734>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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