Effect of particle size on the thermal stability and flammability of Mg(OH)2/EVA nanocomposites

Composite Interfaces

Volumn 17, Issue 5-7, 2010, Pages 689-703

  Kalfus, J ^a   Jancar, J ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Flammability; magnesium hydroxide; nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

AIR ATMOSPHERE; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CATALYTIC EFFECTS; CONTACT AREAS; DEFORMATION RESPONSE; DIRECT CONTACT; ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS; EVA NANOCOMPOSITES; FILLED COMPOSITES; FILLER SURFACES; FILLER VOLUME FRACTION; FILLER-MATRIX; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MATRIX; NANO-SIZED; NANOFILLER; RETARDING EFFECT; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC EXPERIMENTS;

DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; FILLERS; FLAMMABILITY; MAGNESIUM; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYOLEFINS; POLYVINYL ACETATES; PYROLYSIS; SURFACES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FILLED POLYMERS;

EID: 77955684529     PISSN: 09276440     EISSN: 15685543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/092764410X513341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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