Thermal degradation and flammability properties of poly(propylene)/carbon nanotube composites

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 761-765

  Kashiwagi, Takashi ^a   Grulke, Eric ^b   Hilding, Jenny ^b   Harris, Richard ^a   Awad, Walid ^a   Douglas, Jack ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Flame retardant; Nanocomposites; Poly(propylene)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; POLYMER; PROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CLAY; FLAMMABILITY; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0037200827     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3927(20020901)23:13<761::AID-MARC761>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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