Swelling of organoclays in styrene. Effect on flammability in polystyrene nanocomposites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 500-508

  Timochenco, L ^a   Grassi, V G ^c   Dal Pizzol, M ^c   Costa, J M ^b   Castellares, L G ^b   Sayer, C ^a   Machado, R A F ^a   Araujo P H H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^c Innova S/A ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flammability; Nanocomposites; Organoclay; Polystyrene; Swelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954651051     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2010.63     Document Type: Article

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