Chemical mechanism of fire retardance of boric acid on wood

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 375-389

  Wang, Qingwen ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Winandy, Jerrold E ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WOOD;

CONE CALORIMETRY; FIRE RETARDATION; OXYGEN-ELIMINATING REACTIONS; SMOLDERING;

INORGANIC ACIDS;

BORIC ACID; CATALYSTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAVIMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TILIA;

MALVACEAE; TILIA;

EID: 4444244650     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00226-004-0246-4     Document Type: Article

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