Flammability of polystyrene layered silicate (clay) nanocomposites: Carbonaceous char formation

Fire and Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 247-253

  Morgan, Alexander B ^a,c   Harris Jr , Richard H ^a   Kashiwagi, Takashi ^a   Chyall, Leonard J ^b   Gilman, Jeffrey W ^a  

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

^b LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

^c DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHARACTERIZATION; CLAY MINERALS; DISPERSIONS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYSTYRENES;

CARBONACEOUS CHAR FORMATION; HEAT RELEASE RATES; POLYSTYRENE LAYERED SILICATE;

SILICATES;

EID: 0036877364     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.803     Document Type: Article

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