Investigation of interfacial modification for flame retardant ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer/alumina trihydrate nanocomposites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 411-418

  Zhang, Xingui ^a   Guo, Fen ^a   Chen, Jianfeng ^a   Wang, Guoquan ^a   Liu, Hui ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

ATH; EVA nanocomposites; Flame retardancy; Interfacial modification; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYOLEFINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINA TRIHYDRATE (ATH); ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER (EVA); INTERFACIAL MODIFICATION; LIMITING ORGANIC INDEX (LOI); POLYMER MATRIX;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 12444340880     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.08.013     Document Type: Article

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