Synergy between conventional phosphorus fire retardants and organically-modified clays can lead to fire retardancy of styrenics

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 551-557

  Chigwada, Grace ^a   Wilkie, Charles A ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; Phosphorus fire retardants; Polystyrene; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; CLAY; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PHOSPHORUS FIRE RETARDANTS;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0038824629     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(03)00156-3     Document Type: Article

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