Linking the flame-retardant mechanisms of an ethylene-acrylate copolymer, chalk and silicone elastomer system with its intumescent behaviour

Fire and Materials

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 407-423

  Hermansson, Anna ^a   Hjertberg, Thomas ^a   Sultan, Bernt Åke ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b BOREALIS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chalk; Cone calorimetry; Effervescent; Ethylene acrylate copolymer; Flame retardant; Halogen free; Intumescent structure; Silicone elastomer; Thermocouple

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; CALORIMETRY; COPOLYMERS; CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTOMERS; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; SILICONES; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CHALK; CONE CALORIMETRY; EFFERVESCENT; FLAME-RETARDANT MECHANISMS; FOAMING PROCESS; INTUMESCENT BEHAVIOUR; INTUMESCENT STRUCTURE; SILICONE ELASTOMER SYSTEM;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 28744457487     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.910     Document Type: Article

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