Fire smart DDE polymers

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-355

  Lyon, Richard E ^a   Speitel, Louise ^a   Filipczak, Robert ^a   Walters, Richard N ^a   Crowley, Sean ^a   Stoliarov, Stanislav I ^b   Castelli, Lauren ^c   Ramirez, Michael ^d  

^a WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SRA International Inc   (United States)

^c Lonza Inc USA   (United States)

^d HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloral; Combustion; Fire; Flammability; Plastic; Polymer; Thermoset resin

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; CROSSLINKING; FIRE RESISTANCE; FLAMMABILITY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; RESINS; THERMOSETS;

INTRAMOLECULAR REARRANGEMENT; THERMOSET RESINS;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 34249313701     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: 13616412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954008306073720     Document Type: Article

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