Interfacial interactions and flammability of flame-retarded and short fiber-reinforced polyamides

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1046-1054

  Gunduz, Huseyin Ozgur ^a   Isitman, Nihat Ali ^a   Aykol, Muratahan ^a   Kaynak, Cevdet ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Flame retardancy; Interfacial strength; Mechanical properties; Polyamide; Short glass fiber

Indexed keywords

COOLING RATES; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLINITY; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; FIBER LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; FIBER/MATRIX INTERFACE; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAME-RETARDANT ADDITIVES; FLAME-RETARDED; FRACTURE MORPHOLOGY; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; INTERFACIAL STRENGTH; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; MELAMINE CYANURATE; MICROMECHANICAL APPROACH; OXYGEN INDEX; PEAK-DECONVOLUTION; POLYAMIDE 6; POLYAMIDE 66; RED PHOSPHORUS; SHORT FIBER; SHORT GLASS FIBER;

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; COOLING; DIFFRACTION; FIBERS; FILLERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAME RESISTANCE; GLASS FIBERS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL EXPANSION;

FLAMMABILITY;

COMPOSITE PROPERTY; CRYSTALLINITY; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; FILLING MATERIAL; FLAME RESISTANCE; FLAMMABILITY; FRACTURE; GLASS FIBER; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; NYLON 6; NYLON 66; POLYAMIDE FIBER; SHEAR PROPERTY; STRENGTH; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 70449126407     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550903092575     Document Type: Article

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