A study of the global kinetics of thermal degradation of a fibre-intumescent mixture

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 187-194

  Neininger, Susan M ^a   Staggs, J E J ^b   Horrocks, A R ^a   Hill, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellulosic fibre; Char formation; Intumescent; Kinetics; Mathematical modelling; Pyrolysis; Thermal decomposition

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IMPREGNATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELAMINE; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FIBRE-INTUMESCENT MIXTURES;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

CELLULOSE FIBERS; COMPOSITES; FLAME RETARDANTS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

EID: 0036064587     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(02)00033-2     Document Type: Article

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