Mode-of-action of self-extinguishing polymer blends containing organoclays

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-326

  Pack, Seongchan ^a   Si, Mayu ^d   Koo, Jaseung ^a   Sokolov, Jonathan C ^a   Koga, Tadanori ^a,b   Kashiwagi, Takashi ^c   Rafailovich, Miriam H ^a,b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay tubes; Compatibilization; Flame retardants; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ANTIMONY; ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CLAY MINERALS; DISSOCIATION; ESTERS; ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAMMABILITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

ANTIMONY TRIOXIDES; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; CLAY PLATELETS; CLAY SURFACES; CLAY TUBES; CLOISITE; COMPATIBILIZATION; CONE CALORIMETRIES; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; DISSOCIATION TEMPERATURES; FLAME RESISTANTS; FLAME RETARDANT PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONALIZED; GAS-PHASE; GAS-PHASE KINETICS; HEAT RELEASE RATES; HEATING PROCESS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; MASS LOSS RATES; MATRIXES; METHYL METHACRYLATES; NANOCLAYS; ORGANO CLAYS; PARTIAL EXPOSURES; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; POLYMER PHASE; RIBBON-LIKE STRUCTURES; SELF-EXTINGUISHING; SEM; THERMAL MODELING;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 59149101220     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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