Artificial Weathering and Recycling Effect on Intumescent Polypropylene-based Blends

Journal of Fire Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-161

  Almeras, Xavier ^a   Le Bras, Michel ^a   Hornsby, Peter ^b   Bourbigot, Serge ^c   Marosi, Gyorgy ^d   Anna, Peter ^d   Delobel, René ^e  

^a Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Lille   (France)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GEMTEX   (France)

^d BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

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

Author keywords

Ageing; Blends; Fire properties; Intumescence; Polypropylene; Recycling

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CALORIMETERS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMER BLENDS; PROPYLENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEATHERING;

ARTIFICIAL WEATHERING; FIRE PROPERTIES; INTUMESCENCE;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 1642618255     PISSN: 07349041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734904104039609     Document Type: Article

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