The production and properties of polylactide composites filled with expanded graphite

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 889-900

  Murariu, Marius ^a   Dechief, Anne Laure ^a   Bonnaud, Leila ^a   Paint, Yoann ^a   Gallos, Antoine ^b   Fontaine, Gaëlle ^b   Bourbigot, Serge ^b   Dubois, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

Composites; Degradation; Expanded graphite; Fire retardancy; Mechanical properties; Poly(lactic acid); Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BURNING TESTS; CHAR FORMATION; CONE CALORIMETRY; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; FIRE RETARDANCY; FLAME RETARDANT PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; MATRIX; MAXIMUM RATE OF HEAT RELEASE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MELT BLENDING; MELTING TEMPERATURES; NANO LAYERS; NANOFILLER; POLY LACTIDE; POLY(LACTIC ACID); POLYLACTIDES; STORAGE MODULI; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMO-MECHANICAL; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BLENDING; BODY FLUIDS; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS TRANSITION; GRAPHITE; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC ACIDS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77949915300     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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