Fire-resistant elastomers

Fire and Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 195-208

  Lyon, Richard E ^a   Speitel, Louise ^a   Walters, Richard N ^b   Crowley, Sean ^b  

^a WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Combustion; Fire; Flammability; Graphite; Heat release rate; Polyphosphazene; Polyurethane; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT SEATS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRE RESISTANCE; HEAT RESISTANCE; INORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; PYROLYSIS;

MOLECULAR DESIGNS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0141828933     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.828     Document Type: Article

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