New developments in flame retardancy of glass-reinforced epoxy composites

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2511-2521

  Kandola, Baljinder K ^a   Horrocks, A Richard ^a   Myler, Peter ^a   Blair, Dana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hexcel Composites   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composites; Epoxy; Flame retardancy; Heat release; Intumescents

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; EPOXY RESINS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; GLASS; GLASS FIBERS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; PYROLYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

INTUMESCENTS;

GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EPOXY RESIN; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FLAME RESISTANCE; GLASS FIBER; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0037422490     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.11909     Document Type: Article

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