Cross-linked poly(ethylene vinyl acetate) (EVA)/lowdensity polyethylene (LDPE)/metal hydroxides composites for wire and cable applications

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 569-580

  Bahattab, Mohammed A ^a   Mosnáček, Jaroslav ^b,c   Basfar, Ahmed A ^c   Shukri, Tariq M ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b POLYMER INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c Radiation Technology Center   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cross linking; Flame retardants; Mechanical properties; Metal hydroxide; PEgMA; Vinyl silane

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; METAL HYDROXIDE; POLY(ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE); VINYL SILANE; WIRE AND CABLE;

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPATIBILIZERS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ETHYLENE; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; MAGNESIUM; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; METALS; ORGANOMETALLICS; OXIDES; SILANES; THERMOPLASTICS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77951499880     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-009-0194-0     Document Type: Article

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