Flame retardancy and char microstructure of nylon-6/layered silicate nanocomposites

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1540-1550

  Shanmuganathan, Kadhiravan ^a   Deodhar, Sarang ^a   Dembsey, Nicholas ^b   Fan, Qinguo ^a   Calvert, Paul D ^a   Warner, Steven B ^a   Patra, Prabir K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Char microstructure; Flame retardancy; Heat release rate; Mass loss rate; Nanocomposites; Zinc borate

Indexed keywords

CHAR MICROSTRUCTURE; HEAT RELEASE RATES; MASS LOSS RATES; ZINC BORATE;

CLAY; FLAME RETARDANTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

FILM; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NYLON 6;

EID: 34247146350     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.25542     Document Type: Article

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