Improvement of thermal properties and flame retardancy of epoxy-amine thermosets by introducing bisphenol containing azomethine moiety

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 326-332

  Zhang, X H ^a   Huang, L H ^b   Chen, S ^c   Qi, G R ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Applied Biology   (China)

^c JISHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bisphenol; Epoxy; Flame retardancy; Thermal stability; Thermosetting resins

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649148993     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2007.46     Document Type: Article

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