Investigation of flame retardancy and physical-mechanical properties of zinc borate and aluminum hydroxide propylene composites

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1051-1056

  Ramazani, S A Ahmad ^a   Rahimi, Arash ^a   Frounchi, Massoud ^a   Radman, Saeed ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDRATED ALUMINA; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICS FILLERS; POLYPROPYLENES; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

FIRE RESISTIBILITY; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDRATED ALUMINA; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICS FILLERS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 39449109490     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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