Nanoclay and carbon nanotubes as potential synergists of an organophosphorus flame-retardant in poly(methyl methacrylate)

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1523-1532

  Isitman, Nihat Ali ^a   Kaynak, Cevdet ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Flame retardancy; Mechanical properties; Nanoclay; Nanocomposite; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORK; CONE CALORIMETER; EFFECTIVE DISPERSION; FIRE PROPERTIES; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAME-RETARDANT ADDITIVES; NANO CLAYS; NANOCLAY; NANOCOMPOSITE MORPHOLOGY; SILICATE CLAY MINERALS; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

CLAY MINERALS; COMBUSTION; ESTERS; FLAMMABILITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 77955514921     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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