Reinforcing and flame-retardant effects of halloysite nanotubes on LLDPE

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 607-613

  Jia, Zhixin ^a   Luo, Yuanfang ^a   Guo, Baochun ^a   Yang, Bingtao ^a   Du, Mingliang ^a   Jia, Demin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite; Flame retardency; Halloysite nanotubes; Polyethylene; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAME RETARDENCY; HALLOYSITE NANOTUBES; INTERFACIAL BONDING; INTERFACIAL MODIFIERS; MATRIX; MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; NANOFILLER; THERMAL STABILITY;

COPOLYMERIZATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLAMMABILITY; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); KAOLINITE; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; NANOTUBES; REINFORCEMENT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOPLASTICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE; FLAME RESISTANCE; GRAFT COPOLYMER; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTUBE; POLYETHYLENE; REINFORCEMENT; THERMAL STABILITY;

EID: 70349947244     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550902824440     Document Type: Article

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