Combustibility of cyanate ester resins

Fire and Materials

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-106

  Lyon, Richard E ^a   Walters, R N ^b   Gandhi, S ^c  

^a WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

^c Intertek Testing Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustibility; Cyanate ester; Fire; Flammability; Polycyanurate

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; CARBON MONOXIDE; ESTERS; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; GAS FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERS; PYROLYSIS; SOOT; THERMOSETS;

CYANATE ESTER RESINS; HALOGEN-CONTAINING POLYCYANURATES; HYDROCARBON RESINS; OXYGEN BOMB CALORIMETRY; POLYCYANURATES; PYROLYSIS-COMBUSTION FLOW CALORIMETRY;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 33645976806     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.889     Document Type: Article

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