Commercial fire-retarded PET formulations - Relationship between thermal degradation behaviour and fire-retardant action

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 498-506

  Lecomte, Hélène A ^a   Liggat, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DSC; Fire retardancy; PET; Pyrolysis; TGA; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOAMS; PHOSPHORUS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PYROLYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CONDENSED PHASE; FIRE RETARDANCY; FOAMING;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 39149084031     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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