Influence of maleic anhydride grafted ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer as a compatibilizer on combustion and thermal stability properties of magnesium hydroxide flame-retardant ethylene propylene diene terpolymer composites

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1205-1213

  Wu, Jing ^a   Hu, Yuan ^a   Song, Lei ^a  

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

Author keywords

Compatibilizer; EPDM; Flame retardancy; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; ETHYLENE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CONE CALORIMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; EPDM; FLAME RETARDANCY; FOURIER-TRANSFORM; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDES; REAL TIMES; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITIES; THERMAL STABILITY; VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS;

POLYVINYL ACETATES;

COMPOSITE; COPOLYMER; FLAME RESISTANCE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYVINYL ACETATE; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 57249084826     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550802392050     Document Type: Article

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