Intumescent flame retardation of EVA using microencapsulated ammonium polyphosphate and pentaerythritols

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-254

  Wu, Kun ^a   Wang, Zhengzhou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium polyphosphate; EVA; Intumescent flame retardation; Melamine formaldehyde resins; Microencapsulation; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARACTERIZATION; ENCAPSULATION; LEACHING; POLYMERIZATION; PYROLYSIS; RESINS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATE; IN SITU POLYMERIZATION; INTUMESCENT FLAME RETARDATION; MELAMINE-FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; MICROENCAPSULATION; PENTAERYTHRITOLS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARACTERIZATION; ENCAPSULATION; LEACHING; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERIZATION; PYROLYSIS; RESINS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; CROSS LINKING; EPOXY RESIN; FLAME RESISTANCE; FORMALDEHYDE; MICROENCAPSULATION; POLYMERIZATION; THERMAL STABILITY;

EID: 40349085953     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550701866733     Document Type: Article

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