Fire-resistant cyanate ester-epoxy blends

Fire and Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 183-194

  Walters, Richard N ^a   Lyon, Richard E ^b  

^a GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

^b WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Cyanate ester; Epoxy; Fiammability; Fire; Thermal analysis; Thermoset

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EPOXY RESINS; FIRE RESISTANCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PYROLYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FIRE BEHAVIOR;

ESTERS;

EID: 0141605818     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.827     Document Type: Article

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