Intumescent polypropylene/flax blends: A preliminary study

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-84

  Le Bras, Michel ^a   Duquesne, Sophie ^a   Fois, Magali ^b   Grisel, Michel ^b   Poutch, Franck ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU HAVRE   (France)

^c CREPIM Centre de Recherche et d'Etude sur les Procedes d'Ignifugation des Materiaux   (France)

Author keywords

Composite; Fire retardancy; Flax fibers; Intumescence; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; DATA REDUCTION; FLAME RETARDANTS; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; POLYOLEFINS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FIRE RETARDANCY; FLAX FIBERS; INTUMESCENCE; PLANT DERIVATIVES;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 13844296989     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.04.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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