Some comments on the modes of action of nanocomposites in the flame retardancy of polymers

Fire and Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Lewin, Menachem ^a,b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clay; Flame retardancy; Montmorillonite; Nanocomposite; Quaternary ammonium compound; Surface free energy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; COMBUSTION; FREE ENERGY; GASIFICATION; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYSTYRENES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHAR; MONTMORILLONITE; SURFACE FREE ENERGY;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 0037622125     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.813     Document Type: Article

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