Flammability reduction of flexible polyurethane foams via carbon nanofiber network formation

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 588-595

  Zammarano, Mauro ^a,c   Krämer, Roland H ^b   Harris Jr , Richard ^a   Ohlemiller, Thomas J ^a   Shields, John R ^a   Rahatekar, Sameer S ^a   Lacerda, Silvia ^a   Gilman, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c CIMtechLab   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flammability; Foam; Nanocomposite; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CLAY MINERALS; FIBER OPTICS; FIRES; FLAME SPRAYING; FLAMMABILITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; NANOFIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

CARBON NANOFIBER (CNF); CONE CALORIMETERS; DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS; DOWNWARD FLOW; FIBER NETWORKS; FIRE GROWTH; FLAME PROPAGATION; FLEXIBLE FOAMS; FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAMS; LOW DENSITY; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOW VISCOSITY; NETWORK FORMATIONS; RATE OF HEAT RELEASE (ROHR);

FOAMS;

FLAMMABILITY; FOAM; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFIBER; POLYURETHANE; TESTING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 47149101515     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1111     Document Type: Article

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