Flame retardant mechanism of organo-bentonite in polypropylene

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 178-184

  Du, Baoxian ^a   Guo, Zhenghong ^a   Song, Ping'an ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Fang, Zhengping ^a   Wu, Yu ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ningbo Futian Engineering Plastics Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Clay; Flame retardancy; Intumescent flame retardant; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

CHAR RESIDUES; CHAR YIELD; CONE CALORIMETER; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAME-RETARDANT MECHANISMS; FLAME-RETARDED; FOLDED STRUCTURES; INTUMESCENT FLAME RETARDANT; IZOD IMPACT STRENGTH; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; MINERAL LAYERS; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SECONDARY COMBUSTION; SMOKE LEVELS; THERMAL STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL NETWORK STRUCTURE;

BENTONITE; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMBUSTION; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINING; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; PUMPING PLANTS; RHEOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CLAY MINERALS;

BENTONITE; CALORIMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ORGANOCLAY; RHEOLOGY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 67649607751     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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