Tailored flame retardancy via nanofiller dispersion state: Synergistic action between a conventional flame-retardant and nanoclay in high-impact polystyrene

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1759-1768

  Isitman, Nihat Ali ^a   Kaynak, Cevdet ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flame retardancy; Intercalation; Mechanical properties; Microcomposite; Nanoclay; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

BURNING RATE; CLAY DISPERSION; CONE CALORIMETER; DISPERSION STATE; FIRE PROPERTIES; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAME-RETARDANT ADDITIVES; HIGH LOADINGS; HIGH-IMPACT POLYSTYRENE; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; MASS LOSS RATE; MICRO-COMPOSITES; MICROCOMPOSITE; NANO CLAYS; NANOCLAY; NANOCOMPOSITE FORMATIONS; NANOFILLER; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; PHASE SEPARATED MORPHOLOGY; PREPARATION TECHNIQUE; SYNERGISTIC ACTION;

ALUMINUM; CALORIMETRY; DISPERSIONS; FLAMMABILITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXYGEN; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 77955511578     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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