Fire retardancy of natural fibre reinforced sheet moulding compound

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 251-264

  Hapuarachchi, T D ^a   Ren, G ^a   Fan, M ^b   Hogg, P J ^a   Peijs, T ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone calorimetery; Fire retardancy; Natural fibre; Polymer composites; Sheet moulding compound

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; FLAME RETARDANTS; SHEET MOLDING COMPOUNDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; POLYMER COMPOSITES;

NATURAL FIBERS;

CALORIMETRY; FLAME RETARDANTS; HAND SHEET FORMERS; NATURAL FIBERS;

EID: 36549029902     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10443-007-9044-0     Document Type: Article

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