Screening flame retardants for plastics using microscale combustion calorimetry

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1501-1510

  Lyon, Richard E ^a   Walters, R N ^a   Stoliarov, S I ^b  

^a FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b SRA International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; POLYMER MATRIX; SCREENING; SWELLING;

CONDENSED PHASE PROCESSES; DRIPPING; EXTRINSIC FACTORS; FLAMING COMBUSTION; MICROSCALE COMBUSTION CALORIMETRY; NONFLAMING LABORATORY TESTS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 35348851651     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.20871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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