Studies on the effect of different levels of toughener and flame retardants on thermal stability of epoxy resin

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-152

  Kandola, Baljinder K ^a   Biswas, Bhaskar ^a   Price, Dennis ^a   Horrocks, A Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curing; DTA TGA; Epoxy resin; Flame retardancy; Toughener

Indexed keywords

CHAR OXIDATION; CURING AGENTS; CURING TEMPERATURE; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; DTA-TGA; FLAME RETARDANCY; MINIMAL EFFECTS; P-AMINOPHENOL; POLYETHERSULPHONES; RESIDUAL CHAR; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; THERMAL STABILITY; TOUGHENING AGENTS;

CURING; EPOXY RESINS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAMMABILITY; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; PYROLYSIS; RESINS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TOUGHENING;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 73449112585     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.11.040     Document Type: Article

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