Combustion and thermal properties of epoxy/phenyltrisilanol polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane nanocomposites

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1009-1015

  Wu, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Chuck ^a   Liang, Richard ^a   Wang, Ben ^a  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone calorimeter; Flame retardancy; Latent catalyst; Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION RATE; CONE CALORIMETER; DIGLYCIDYL ETHER OF BISPHENOL-A; DISPERSION MORPHOLOGY; EPOXY MONOMERS; FLAME RETARDANCY; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID COMPOSITES; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; PRODUCTION RATES; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; SEM; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

ALUMINUM; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; COMBUSTION; ETHERS; FLAMMABILITY; HYBRID MATERIALS; METAL COMPLEXES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHENOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 77954886661     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-009-0474-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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