Fire retardancy of clay/carbon nanofiber hybrid sheet in fiber reinforced polymer composites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2081-2087

  Zhao, Zhongfu ^a   Gou, Jihua ^a   Bietto, Stefano ^b   Ibeh, Christopher ^b   Hui, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Nanocomposites; B. Carbon nanofiber; C. Nanoclay; D. Fire retardancy; E. Vacuum assisted resin transfer molding

Indexed keywords

A. NANOCOMPOSITES; B. CARBON NANOFIBER; C. NANOCLAY; D. FIRE RETARDANCY; E. VACUUM-ASSISTED RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CLAY MINERALS; CLAY PRODUCTS; COMBUSTION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; FIRES; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LAMINATING; MOLDING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PAPER SHEETING; POLYMER MELTS; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; THERMOCHEMISTRY; VACUUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

CLAY; COMBUSTION; COMPOSITES; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; LAMINATES; LAMINATION; PAPER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEETING; SODIUM; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; VACUUM;

CARBON FIBER; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FILTRATION; FLAME RESISTANCE; NANOFIBER; POLYMER; RESIN TRANSFER MOLDING;

EID: 67650886494     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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