Preparation and characterisation of a novel fire retardant PET/α-zirconium phosphate nanocomposite

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 544-549

  Wang, De Yi ^a   Liu, Xue Qi ^a   Wang, Jun Sheng ^a   Wang, Yu Zhong ^a   Stec, Anna A ^b   Hull, T Richard ^b  

^a Sichuan University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire retardant; Flame retarded; In situ polymerisation; Nanocomposite; PET; Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FIRES; IGNITION; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NANOCOMPOSITES; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

FIRE RETARDANT; FLAME RETARDED; IN SITU POLYMERISATION; PET; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE);

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 61849145749     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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